Botanical Name: Albizia julibrissin
Common Name: Silk Tree, Mimosa
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a single or multi-trunked tree with an open low-branching habit; forms a distinctive wide-spreading flat-topped canopy with the branches tending to be layered, or tiered - umbrella-like
Height 20-40'
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor prefers full sun; tolerates partial
Soil tolerates most, including desert alkaline habitats
Hardiness hardy (zones 2-24); thrives in hot interior, low elevation
 
Morphology:
Leaves bipinnately compound, alternate; 5-10" long with 8-26 pinnae, each of the pinnae has 30-40 tiny (1/4" long) oval leaflets
Flowers salmon-pink, fluffy, many-stamened; arranged in clusters mostly at ends of branches; heavy bloom May-August
Fruit a pod: 3-6" long, tan, flat; not strongly constricted
 
Propagation:
seed (can be invasive)
 
Usage:
a very popular medium-sized accent tree, valued for wide-spreading open form, delicate fernlike foliage, and profuse flower display, as a patio tree, is very messy (leaf, flower and fruit drop)
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular; can tolerate drought after established
Fertilizing as needed; requires less as it matures
Pruning stake and head high when young
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other Eastern
 
Origin: Asia
Family: Fabaceae

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