| Ahriman I'd very cautious about the wattles you choose to grow in Spain. Australian wattles have a penchant to becoming environmental weeds when grown outside their natural range within Australia. Examples are Cootamundra Wattle, Sallow Wattle and Golden Wreath Wattle. I am sure you do not want to be responsible for unleashing an Australian native environmental weed in western Europe. Go to my website and follow the 'Environmental weeds' link on the left hand side. This will give you some idea of the damage that environmental weeds can do to the local environment whether it is in Australia or Spain. |
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| Gee, Greg, I actually live in Mudgee, home of A. spectabilis, and I can tell you, they're a rare commodity even here...doubt that they'd be an environmental weed anywhere (although I do agree with your general advice!) I remember Peter Olde saying that this one is in his top 3 of all the Acacias for beauty (from around 1200 species), and I can vouch for that. ("Spectabilis" means "showy"). I've managed to kill 4 or 5 before getting one to grow... For more info, see this site. Regards, Shax |
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