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Every Acacia variety, A to Z
The complete Acacia list, the genus most gardeners know as wattle — all 29 varieties in the Sow catalog, alphabetically. For the ones gardeners actually plant most, start from the Acacia hub instead.
B3
- Blackwood, Tasmanian Blackwood, Lightwood, Sally Wattle, Black Sally, MudgerabahAcacia melanoxylon
- Bower Wattle, River Wattle, Narrow-leaf Bower-wattle, Sticky WattleAcacia cognata
- Box-leaf Wattle, Box-leaved WattleAcacia buxifolia
C2
- Cootamundra Wattle 'Purpurea', Purple-leaf Cootamundra Wattle, Purple Cootamundra WattleAcacia baileyana 'Purpurea'
- Cootamundra Wattle, Golden MimosaAcacia baileyana
D3
- Dead Finish, KuraraAcacia tetragonophylla
- Desert Ironwood, Ironwood, Southern IronwoodAcacia estrophiolata
- Dwarf Bower Wattle, Dwarf River Wattle, 'Green Mist' WattleAcacia cognata 'Green Mist'
E2
F3
- Fettuccini Wattle, River Wattle, Bower Wattle, Narrow-leaf Bower-wattleAcacia cognata 'Fettuccini'
- Flinders Ranges Wattle, Port Lincoln Wattle, Willow-leaf WattleAcacia iteaphylla
- Fringed Wattle, Brisbane Golden Wattle, Brisbane WattleAcacia fimbriata
G2
- Golden Wattle, Broad-leaved WattleAcacia pycnantha
- Golden Wreath Wattle, Orange Wattle, Blue-leafed Wattle, CoojongAcacia saligna
H1
- Hickory Wattle, Lightwood, Screw-pod WattleAcacia implexa
K1
- Knife-leaf Wattle, Dog-tooth Wattle, Half-moon Wattle, Golden Glow WattleAcacia cultriformis
L1
- Limelight Wattle, Dwarf River Wattle, Narrow-leaved Bower Wattle 'Limelight'Acacia cognata 'Limelight'
M3
- Mudgee Wattle, Showy WattleAcacia spectabilis
- Mulga, Mulga WattleAcacia aneura
- Myrtle Wattle, Red-stemmed Wattle, Red-stem WattleAcacia myrtifolia
O1
- Ovens Wattle, Oven Wattle, Wedge-leaved Wattle, Tumut WattleAcacia pravissima
Q1
- Queensland Silver Wattle, Mount Morgan Wattle, Pearl WattleAcacia podalyriifolia
S5
- Silver Wattle, Blue Wattle, WattleAcacia dealbata
- Snowy River WattleAcacia boormanii
- Sticky Wattle, Howitt's WattleAcacia howittii
- Sunshine Wattle, Cedar Wattle, Small Cedar Wattle, Elata Wattle, Peppermint-tree WattleAcacia terminalis
- Sydney Golden Wattle, Coast WattleAcacia longifolia
W1
- White Sally Wattle, Gossamer Wattle, White Wattle, Sally WattleAcacia floribunda
Acacia list questions
How many Acacia varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 29 distinct Acacia varieties, all listed above. The wider genus is larger still — this is what is actually available and documented well enough to grow from, rather than every name ever published.
Which Acacia varieties are most popular?
The genus hub ranks them by how many gardeners actually save and plant each one, which is a better reliability signal. This page is the complete list in alphabetical order instead — useful when you already know the variety name you are looking for.
Why do two entries have the same name?
Some Acacia varieties are sold under the same common name by different nurseries, or a cultivar shares a name with the species it came from. Both records are kept and shown with their botanical names so you can tell them apart, rather than one being silently hidden.
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