| Scientific Name: | Albizia julibrissin |
| Common Name: | silk tree, mimosa |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Medicinal plant, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Even-pinnate, Bipinnate, Oblanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Pink, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Legume, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves bi-pinnately compound, fern-like, pinnules 8-11 mm long x 3-5mm wide, wing-like; florets in terminal clusters, stamens numerous, 2-3cm long, filaments silky, pink, arising from a green-white tube enclosing ovary, Aug-Sept; legumes 8-16cm long x 2-3cm wide, flattened with 3-12 seed outlines. Winter ID: persistent fruit; twigs zigzag, numerous off-white lenticels, buds tiny, rounded, about 1mm wide, with 3-4 scales. | |