It’s that time of year again when the blooms of the Acacias are starting to pop, a time of wonderful scents and happy yellows! In the image below you can see the soft yellow flowers and bright red new growth of Acacia fimbriata Dwarf ‘Crimson Blush’, its easy to see how it got its name.

This is a more compact form of Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, a wonderful dense shrub with a soft appearance year round.

‘Crimson Blush’ gets to about 1.5 meters high and 1.5 wide, making it a great choice for low informal hedges and screens, just keep it pruned to the desired height.

I do still love Acacia fimbriata Dwarf but it gets large, a lot larger than they let on on the label, it basically can turn into a large shrub to small tree depending on your perspective. In the image below you can see it as well over 2 metres high and early 3 metres wide.

It is is profuse in its flowering though…almost completely covered in bee attracting blooms!

Crimson Blush has a compact and rounded habit and beautiful foliage. The golden lime foliage, with contrasting crimson new growth adds interest to the planting.

Acacia fimbriata ‘Crimson Blush’ is happy to grow in part shade to full sun and will tolerate periods of dryness and clay soils. It is considered to be low maintenance and easy care, tolerates dry and moist soils, clay to loam. Frost tolerant and good for coastal gardens. It does not enjoy a humid summer.

Planting ‘Crimson Blush’ in rockeries or mass planting can be beautiful, also planting with other natives including Banksia’s, Erempohilla’s, Lomandra and Casuarina provides all the contrast you need in the garden.

I hope everyone gets to appreciate some wattle today and rejoice in their smell as we start to make our way, slowly, out of winter!