Spring has arrived, and all over the country the hills and riversides are burnished with the green and gold of Australian wattles, all belonging to the genus Acacia. It's a spectacular sight, but not ...

Today is not only the first day of spring but also National Wattle Day. It is 21 years since the golden wattle was declared Australia's official national flower. A new exhibition celebrating the ...

The wattle has long been more than just a plant — it has also been a source of food, medicine, timber and, more recently, a symbol of national pride. The first national Wattle Day was held 110 years ...

While the south of France is famous for wineries and lavender fields, it is a little known Australian Silver Wattle that is closest to European hearts. Known locally as "mimosa" the flower has a deep ...

However, after Jane Franklin arrived in 1837 as the wife of the governor, she fell in love with the wattle flower and, in her energetic way, did something about it. She or her husband came up with the ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The fast-growing, bird-attracting, nitrogen-fixing ways of the Acacia, the biggest plant genus in ...

It's about this time of year I can feel what my Irish grandmother used to call "a bout of whimsy" (she wasn't in favour) coming upon me. Many years ago when we had a beach house on the Central Coast, ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Spring has arrived, and all over the country the hills and riversides are burnished with the green and gold of Australian wattles, all belonging to the genus Acacia. It's a ...