25 MIMOSA / Persian SILK TREE Albizia Julibrissin Seeds

Description:
Name: Mimosa Tree
Other common names: Persian Silk Tree
Scientific name: Albizia Julibrissin
Color: Fuzzy pink flowers
Plant seeds: Outdoors after frost or indoors weeks before the last frost
Plant height: 30 – 40 feet
Plant spacing: 12 – 15 feet
Bloom time: Late spring
Hardiness zone: 6 – 10
Light requirements: Sun – Part shade
Soil & water preferences: Average – Dry
Quantity: 25 seeds
Other: The Mimosa Tree is a small umbrella-shaped tree. Its ferny leaves slowly close during the night and during periods of rain, the leaflets bowing downward as if the tree were sleeping. The bark or cortex is used to cure bruises and as a vermicide. The seeds are used as a food for livestock and wildlife, and the sweetly-scented flowers are a good nectar source for honeybees. The Mimosa Tree has been found to possess antidepressant properties. It makes an excellent shade tree and also a wonderful bonsai specimen. It also attracts bees, butterflies, and birds including hummingbirds.