Re: Bulls horn acacia

Lordy, Jim, but that's an awesome baby.  Looks like it could do some
damage even at a young age...an adult must be something else!  I am
assuming those most interesting 'horns' are actually thorns of some
type?

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: james singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> 
> Here's a link to a picture of my newly acquired bulls-horn acacia 
> [Acacia sphaerocephala]. It shows the horns a bit more distinctly
than 
> the photo at the other site did. They look like they ought to be
part 
> of some Chinese ivory carving.
> 
> http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/38737/
> 
> One of the architects at work told me that when he landscaped one
of 
> the estates on St. Armand's Key a couple of years ago, he went to
great 
> lengths to save a full grown bulls-horn--pruned it out, limbed it
up, 
> planted an understory to call attention to it, and so on. He said
the 
> last time he went back to the house, he learned the owner had had
her 
> maintenance folks cut it down and haul it away.
> 
> Oh well, not a plant for everyone, I guess.
> 
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> Zone 10
> 
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