ACACIA pravissima ‘Golden Carpet’. Australia. Our sparse offering for this genus is a sad testament to the problems caused by a few seriously invasive species like A. decurrens and A. melanoxylon. A. pravissima is a better-behaved shrub or small tree, popular in Australia, which has yielded some interesting forms. ‘Golden Carpet’  is one of the most unusual. It forms a broad mound overall, up to 4’ high and 8-15’ broad. More interesting is that each stem arches out and down, following a sinuous path. Older stems show attractive pale bark. Closely set along the younger stems are triangular grey-green phyllodes (leaf-like stems), up to an inch long. In early spring sprays of small ball-like flower heads, brilliant yellow in color, issue from the shoot tips. This is a striking shrub for display on a raised mound or other conspicuous spot, also useful for large scale ground cover. It is best in sun, tolerating a wide range of soils and watering regimes (it is fairly drought tolerant), and hardy to something below 20^oF. One of a vast number of fine Australian selections provided by the U.C. Santa Cruz Arboretum.