Alphabetical Plant Listing

Plant Families / Albizia - Mimosas


Refine By

thumb grid img

Albizia - Mimosas

Albizia is a genus of deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or trees, grown for their handsome fern-like foliage and unusual, fluffy flower heads reminiscent of bottlebrushes. Fast-growing, they require full sun and well-drained soils, and make graceful lawn accent in areas where soils are poor or alkaline.

Compare All Albizia - Mimosas


Filters

Season of Interest
Exposure
Hardiness
Tolerance
Attracts
Plant-Characteristics
Average-Height
Average-Spread
Soil-Type
Soil-Drainage
Soil-pH
article image

Albizia julibrissin 'Summer Chocolate' (Silk Tree)

Noted for its striking dark foliage, award-winning Albizia julibrissin 'Summer Chocolate' (Silk Tree) is a large shrub or small deciduous tree of vase-shaped habit with an umbrella canopy of large, fern-like, deep burgundy leaves.

Read More
article image

Albizia julibrissin (Silk Tree)

Fast-growing, Albizia julibrissin (Silk Tree) is a medium-sized, deciduous tree of vase-shaped habit with a broad, spreading canopy of fern-like, bipinnate, rich green leaves, 20 in. long (50 cm). Sensitive, the leaflets fold when touched and at night.

Read More
article image

Albizia julibrissin Chocolate Fountain™ (Silk Tree)

Noted for its striking dark foliage, Albizia julibrissin Chocolate Fountain™ (Silk Tree) is a large shrub or small deciduous tree of graceful, weeping habit adorned with large, fern-like, deep purple leaves.

Read More
article image

Albizia julibrissin f. rosea (Pink Silk Tree)

Fast-growing, award-winning Albizia julibrissin f. rosea (Pink Silk Tree) is a small to medium-sized, deciduous tree with a flat-topped, spreading canopy of large, fern-like bipinnate, green leaves. Sensitive, the leaflets fold when touched and at night. Fluffy rose-pink, powder puff flowerheads, with prominent stamens, open in early summer and cover the tree until mid-summer.

Read More
article image

Albizia saman (Rain Tree)

Stately, Albizia saman (Rain Tree) is a large tropical shade tree with heavy, nearly horizontal branches and a symmetrically umbrella-shaped, wide-spreading crown. The fern-like, bipinnate foliage of dark olive-green leaves, 12 in. long (30 cm), folds up on cloudy or rainy days and at night. The leaves are evergreen or partially deciduous under local conditions. Fluffy, slightly fragrant, pink, powder puff flowerheads, with prominent stamens, open in spring and cover the tree.

Read More

Refine By

Find your Hardiness Zone

Find your Climate Zone

Find your Heat Zone

Join Gardenia.net

Create a membership account to save your garden designs and to view them on any device.

Becoming a contributing member of Gardenia is easy and can be done in just a few minutes. If you provide us with your name, email address and the payment of a modest $25 annual membership fee, you will become a full member, enabling you to design and save up to 25 of your garden design ideas.

Join now and start creating your dream garden!

Create a New Collection

Optional. For your reference.


Move Selected Plants to a Different Collection


Delete Collection

This field is required.

Rename Collection

This field is required.