{"product_id":"acacia-mearnsii-mornington-peninsula","title":"Mornington Peninsula Black Wattle - Acacia mearnsii","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMornington Peninsula Black Wattle - Acacia mearnsii\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Wattle is the workhorse of southern Australian revegetation, a fast, feathery leaved pioneer that closes over bare ground faster than almost anything else available. \u003cem\u003eAcacia mearnsii\u003c\/em\u003e carries dark green bipinnate foliage on a broad crown and produces a heavy, honey scented cream flowering in late spring, and its roots fix nitrogen that later plantings draw on. It is specified where a site needs cover and soil repair quickly, with the understanding that it is a nurse tree rather than a permanent one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Black Wattle\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePioneer Speed\u003c\/strong\u003e: Growth of one to two metres a year on reasonable soil makes it the quickest way to get structure into a bare native planting.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScented Flowering\u003c\/strong\u003e: Dense sprays of pale cream to lemon balls open through October to December and are strongly fragrant on warm evenings.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNitrogen Fixation\u003c\/strong\u003e: Root nodules build soil nitrogen, measurably lifting the performance of eucalypts and shrubs planted with it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFerny Texture\u003c\/strong\u003e: The finely divided bipinnate leaves give a soft, dark, almost fern like canopy quite different from the phyllode wattles.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSite Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: It handles frost, clay, gravel, coastal exposure and roadside compaction with very little assistance.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRevegetation Nurse Crop\u003c\/strong\u003e: Interplanted at wide spacing it shelters slower indigenous species and is allowed to senesce out of the canopy after fifteen to twenty years.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRural Shelterbelt\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rows along a boundary give quick wind reduction for stock, orchards and new house sites.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHabitat Restoration\u003c\/strong\u003e: Flowers, seed and the sugary bark exudate support insects, honeyeaters and sugar gliders on Peninsula bushland blocks.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eErosion Repair\u003c\/strong\u003e: Vigorous fibrous roots bind disturbed batters, dam walls and firebreak edges within a couple of seasons.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 8m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn through to early spring, taking advantage of winter rainfall in the southern states.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Almost any soil from sand to clay loam, acid or neutral, as long as it is not permanently waterlogged. No added phosphorus.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e A deep soak every seven to ten days through the first summer is enough, after which it is effectively self sufficient in districts receiving 500mm or more. Mulch to 75mm and keep grass and weeds off the root plate for the first two years, since competition at that stage does more damage than dry weather.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 15m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 8m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fast\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e South eastern Australia, including Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and South Australia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pale cream to soft lemon yellow\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795380633886,"sku":"ND-0012-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/n63l9FFaKDXgdlr2NkBl4_oaUdG6Dj.jpg?v=1787314674","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/acacia-mearnsii-mornington-peninsula","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}