Acacia Mini Cog PBR

I adore Acacia Mini Cog – it has always reminded me of a small, shaggy animal, or Cousin Itt (as Mini Cog is known in the US). At home, we have one in a large pot (see picture titled ‘Acacia ‘Mini Cog’ – Home garden) which makes me smile just looking at it. One of my favourite plantings of Mini Cog is at the Atkins Conference Centre, where there are dozens of these plants spaced out in a garden bed alongside a walkway (for a photo, see the Bush Magik website (link below)), and they look just like little balls of green fluff, poking their little heads out of the ground. The word ‘cute’ comes to mind... Below is some information on Acacia ‘Mini Cog’, taken from the Bush Magik website (www.bushmagik.com).

Acacia cognata ‘Mini Cog’ is a dwarf form of the original Acacia cognata and was selected by Peter Goldup (plant breeder). It is now grown as a line of the Bush Magik range. Acacia Mini Cog comes highly recommended by the Retail and Landscape industry and is used as a substitute for a number of other dwarf forms of Acacia cognata, such as Acacia Limelight, Acacia Dazzler and Acacia Green Mist.

The light green new growth of Acacia Mini Cog matures into emerald green foliage, whose weeping effect creates a stunning waterfall of different shades of green, all year round. While it is not a profusely flowering plant, pale yellow ball flowers may appear in late Winter to early Spring.

Acacia Mini Cog grows 0.75 - 1 metre high and up to 1.8 metres wide and requires little to no maintenance. Acacia Mini Cog is highly drought tolerant and is suitable for areas of full sun to part shade with well drained soil and a very low water requirement.

The weeping effect of the foliage makes this small shrub an ideal feature or border plant and it is perfect for rockeries and pots alike.



References:

Bush Magik 2012, Acacia Mini Cog, Bush Magik, viewed 28 April 2012, <http://www.bushmagik.com/bm-acacia-cognata-mini-cog.php >

Bush Magik 2012, Acacia cognata dwarf - Mini Cog PBR, Bush Magik, viewed 28 April 2012, <http://www.bushmagik.com/australiannativeplants/Acacia-cognata-dwarf-Mini-Cog-PBR.php>

Bushland Flora 2012, Genus/species: Acacia cognata Common/product name: Mini Cog PBR, Bushland Flora, viewed 28 April 2012, <http://www.bushlandflora.com.au/individual_plant.php?p=Acacia cognata&uid=1007>