01/09/2026
🌿Happy National Wattle Day! 🌿
As the first day of Spring arrives, so too do the little fluffy yellow blooms of the Acacia pycnantha – more commonly known as the Golden Wattle.
🇦🇺 This wonderful tree is our National floral emblem and the reason why Green & Gold became Australia’s national sporting colours.
The Golden Wattle is just one of over 1,000 Acacia varieties found in Australia, making it our largest flowering plant genus. Found in every state, Acacia’s range from low shrubs to tall trees and grow across arid zones and forests, with more than half of those varieties found in Western Australia.
At LD Total we plant a number of Acacia species, with some of the most common ones being: Acacia acinacea aka ‘Gold Dust’ Wattle which is a great bushy shrub, the Acacia melanoxylon aka Australian Blackwood – a strong and impressive tree variety, and fast becoming a favourite in home gardens, is the Acacia cognata ‘Mini Cog’ with its compact size and soft weeping foliage.
If you’re planting a native garden at home, be sure to check out all the great Acacia varieties at your local plant nursery.