10 Graines Acacia, Mimosa Saligna, Mimosa à feuilles de saule

Acacia, Mimosa Saligna |

Acacia Saligna, also known as Mimosa with willow leaves, bluish sheet is a small tree belonging to the Fabaceae family. It can reach 8 m high. Like many acacia species, it has phyllodes rather than real leaves, which can measure up to 25 centimeters. At the base of each phyllode is a nectar gland that secretes a sweet liquid. This attracts ants, which should reduce the number of herbivorous insects. The yellow flowers appear at the end of winter and early spring in groups of ten spherical flowers of a bright yellow. The fruit is a legume, while the seed is oblong and dark with black color. Originally from Australia rapid growth, rustic up to - 5 ° C.

10 seeds - Middle germination : 25 days

Stratification with hot water 90 ° C 5 seconds, then pour cold water, Let the seeds soak in hot water 24/48 h before sowing.

Exposure: Sun

Rusticity : - 5 ° C

Middle time of germination : 25 days

Ideal temperature : 20/30 ºC

Photo n ° 2:

By юкатан - Own Work, CC by -SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31680196

Photo n ° 4 :

Young Acacia Plant Saligna: 2 germs out of 5 of which 1 eat by a slide or a snail ..., hot stratifying seeds (at 90 ° C) 5 seconds then cold water, J I have left the seeds in the water 24 hours, germination in about 1 month (in greenhouse).