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Acacia pendula (Weeping
Myall)
is a graceful small tree
15 to 30 feet tall from
Australian with a
weeping habit. This
under utilized tree, is
long-lived, drought and
frost tolerant and can
be used as a street tree
or in many other
landscape locations. A.
pendula can be used in a
wide range of soils in
arid landscapes. Its
silver-grey foliage is a
great complement to our
southwestern native
habitat. A heavy bloom
occurs in the spring and
winter of pale yellow
ball flowers in racemes
that brightens the
landscape. This tree is
known to flower
irregularly other times
of the year. A. pendula
is a versatile tree
specie surviving drought
conditions and areas
that periodically flood
such as retention
basins. It is frost
tolerant and experienced
no damage at 15 degree
F. (below 25 degree F.
for 11 hours) in our
nursery. In its broad
Australian native
distribution it can
tolerate a wide range of
soil conditions ranging
from saline to acidic or
alkaline. The trees
hard, close grain, dark
color and heavy weight
wood make for an
excellent windbreak and
has been used to make
boomerangs for
Aboriginal hunters. The
oil from fresh cuts omit
a pleasant rich violet
fragrance that women
placed in there garment
drawers. The trees
heartwood color of deep
chocolate brown to dark
toffee orange has drawn
the interest of fine
wood working craftsman
for the manufacturing of
furniture. Little is
known about its growth
rate under nursery and
landscape settings or
the growth
characteristics of seed
collected from different
regions.
Additional research
needs to be collected.
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