Barrier Range Wattle Acacia beckleri is a plant not commonly
seen in household gardens, but one which deserves to be grown
more widely. In three to four years it will form an attractive
rounded shrub 2 m high and even without flowers the shape of the
shrub makes it attractive for the landscape design of small
gardens. In the Australian National Botanic Gardens Acacia
beckleri begins flowering in early May and continues through
until late July. This makes it a particularly useful plant,
providing bright yellow flowers at a dull, cold time of year.
The flowers are large, dense, globular-shaped balls 1-1.5 cm
across with three to seven flower heads to a raceme. The
phyllodes (modified leaves) are slightly curved, or straight and
narrow 13-18 cm long with a dull point and 1-1.5 cm wide, with
two to four glands on the upper leaf edge. The natural
occurrence of Acacia beckleri is in the Flinders Ranges of South
Australia and also Broken Hill to Ivanhoe in NSW. Propagation is
by seed sown in spring or early summer.