Keala Cummings

Keala Cummings

Apr 11, 2014

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Tree profile: African Wattle

   African wattle, the toilet paper tree Scientific name: Indigenous names:

beautiful

Ptyelus grossus several minutes later superetc etc Cultivation

Sources

  1. Making the most of Indigenous Trees, Fanie and Julye-Anne Venter
  2. Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park, Ernst Schmidt, Mervyn Lotter and Warren McClealand
  3. Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa, Braam van Wyk and Piet van Wyk

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  • Nancy Johnson
    Nancy Johnson
    I have a lovely wattle tree here in Seattle that is about 10 years old and very beautiful. I'm growing some seedlings now and I'd live to try the bonsai tree.
    May 08, 2017
  • Marsha Sato
    Marsha SatoBacker
    The bonsai is so striking....do you know how old it is?
    Apr 11, 2014
  • Keala Cummings
    Keala CummingsResearcher
    That one is about five years old I think
    Apr 15, 2014

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