Acacia smallii

(sweet acacia)

Evergreen

• hardy
• Reflective heat, sun, part shade
• average watering, dry, and drought resistant
• fast to medium growing
• Multi-trunk round crown, gardier than farnesiana, tends to be shrubby, not good near pool.
• Yellow-orange puffballs in spring, woody-short-round pod, often blooms in fall also.
• Low maintenance.
• Can be used as a bank cover, small patio tree or large shrub.
• Fragrant desert, transitional, and tropical in appearance.