I can't find any information on the effects of pruning acacia floribunda or Gossamer wattle. I have two lovely young trees that I planted last year an have just about tripled in size.
As they are slightly pendulous, I'm not sure about tip pruning them. I'm hoping someone here may be able to tell me if it is necessary and what time of the year I should be doing it. They didn't flower this year, but they were very young. I haven't pruned them at all yet. The only reason I would want to is just for nice bushy habit.
However, from what I information I can gather, they seem to be a bushy shrub/tree naturally.
If anyone can enlighten me, I would be most grateful
As no one has offered perhaps I should. I haven't grown floribunda but it is a plant local to where I live. Generally speaking wattles are pruned with caution. Tip pruning after flowering is safe though these plants have a naturally dense, bushy habit. There is a plant in a local garden that keeps getting chain sawed off near the base and it continually suckers - but I'm not advising this course of action. It may be an exceptional plant.
Andrea Our local Acacia decora has a lignotuber, so copes happily with being cut off low down. I don't know of any other wattles which have one, but this says more about my lack of knowledge than about the prevalence of lignotubers in wattles. Would it be worth a dig around the roots to see whether A. floribunda might also have one? Gonow's chain saw story suggests that it's possible. Trish
Andrea I planted a longifolia exactly a year ago today. When it went into the ground it was about 1.2m tall. Now, after pruning the top once it's 4m tall and about 2.5m across. Actually I can't believe how quickly this wattle has grown and I suspect you're equally impressed with your floribunda. Let 'em go - it's just a pity they don't last enough years.
Hi, I planted a row of Acacia floribunda several years ago as a screening hedge, every year I prune the plant heavily, it keeps growing back stronger than ever.
