Thread: Wattle???

Google melaleuca

Probably Melaleuca bracteata, commonly sold in nurseries as "Revolution Green". In the bush Black Tea Tree.

Not acacia. Melaleuca looks to be a good match as stated above.

Originally Posted by Wizened of Oz

Probably Melaleuca bracteata, commonly sold in nurseries as "Revolution Green". In the bush Black Tea Tree.

I agree and looking at the end grain cuts probably dead quite a while! It turns beautifully when sound.

+1 for Melaleuca, cracks and splits a lot during drying but as said nice to work with.

Originally Posted by Mobyturns

I agree and looking at the end grain cuts probably dead quite a while! It turns beautifully when sound.

Actually, fresh cut!!! They were all along the drive and we are making way for a new fence.

There is quite a bit there, if anyone is interested in any of it, we are located in Brisbane bayside, you are more than welcome to take as much as you would like.

Another vote for melaleuca from me.

Yes my guess is Melaleuca to, possibly M. armillaris (honey myrtle) a popular ornamental

Looks like
possibly bottle brush tree or same family

Depends what you call a bottle brush tree, mostly they are Callistemons, the bark on that log looks like that but the leaves & flowers are more like Melaleuca.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callistemon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca

May have been nearly 40 years ago that a group of nurseries in SE Queensland promoted two selections of Melaleuca bracteata, a golden leaf form as "Revolution Gold" and a form with bright green foliage as "Revolution Green".
The Revolution Green label said it was a small shrub. Small, be damned. It's a blooming great tree.
So there are plenty of these now of considerable size in parks, school grounds and front yards.

Originally Posted by Wizened of Oz

May have been nearly 40 years ago that a group of nurseries in SE Queensland promoted two selections of Melaleuca bracteata, a golden leaf form as "Revolution Gold" and a form with bright green foliage as "Revolution Green".
The Revolution Green label said it was a small shrub. Small, be damned. It's a blooming great tree.
So there are plenty of these now of considerable size in parks, school grounds and front yards.

I agree about the "Small, be damned". We planted a line of revolution greens along our driveway in Edmonton when we lived there in the 1980's. In less than 5 years they were over 6m tall, and when we did a drive by about 5 years ago they were still there as quite large trees.

Originally Posted by sddh2012

Actually, fresh cut!!! They were all along the drive and we are making way for a new fence.

There is quite a bit there, if anyone is interested in any of it, we are located in Brisbane bayside, you are more than welcome to take as much as you would like.

So were they doing poorly as that appears to be fungal damage?