General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 15-40 feet
Plant Spread: 20 to 40 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Other: green then brown pods 5 to 7 inches long
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Winter
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Shade Tree
Flowering Tree
Will Naturalize
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Monoecious

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Common names
  • Mimosa Tree
  • Persian Silk Tree
  • Silk Tree
  • Pink Siris
  • Pink Silk Tree

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Location: In greenbelt behind our garden
Location: Hot Springs Village, AR
Date: 2014-06-17
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: September 10, 2021
Mimosa #82; RAB page 574, 98-1-1; LHB page 953, 96-84-3, "Name af
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Date: Summer
Established Mimosa Albizia julibrissin
Location: Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Date: 7-2010
author--4028mdk09
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-06-24
Location: Home 
Date: 2020-07-23
By KYgal
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-08-04
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: May 31, 2022
Mimosa #82; RAB page 574, 98-1-1; LHB page 953, 96-84-3, "Name af
Location: Oakland, CA
Date: 2006-08-12
bloom, buds, and foliage
Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Oct 13, 2011
Location: Emerson, AR
Date: 2022-03-11
Not many close ups of the trunk so thought I'd add one😁.
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2021
Location: Home landscape
Date: 2021-10-09
ByKYgal
Location: Home landscape
Date: 2021-10-09
ByKYgal
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2009-07-29
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2009-07-29
Showing blooms and the leaves closing up in the evening.
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Photo by Hamwild
Photo by ljones26
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2013-06-23
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-07-30
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2009-07-25
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Bonnells Bay, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2017-12-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-08-07
Location: Home
Date: 2016-08-17
Location: Home 
Date: 2020-07-23
By KYgal
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: May 26, 2022
Mimosa #82; RAB page 574, 98-1-1; LHB page 953, 96-84-3, "Name af
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2019-02-28

photo credit:  Kai Yan, Joseph Wong
Location: North Central TX Zone 8a
Date: 2017-12-12
Top of a Mimosa Tree being tickled by a Red Oak.
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2012-09-18
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-07-30
Location: Private collection
Date: 2018-06-24
Location: Private collection
Date: 2018-06-24
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Date: Summer
Mimosa Albizia julibrissin
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: May 31, 2022
Mimosa #82; RAB page 574, 98-1-1; LHB page 953, 96-84-3, "Name af
Location: Home
Date: 2016-08-17
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2008-07-17
a mature tree
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2008-07-17
flowers and foliage
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2009-07-31
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Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-23

Date: 2013-05-18
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2021-05-31
It's weedy & invasive, but for one week of the year, I don't hate
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2021-05-31
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2009-10-16
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Photo by ljones26
Photo by ljones26
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 2011-10-01
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 2011-10-01
Immature seed pods.
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 2011-10-01
Leaves closing because of rain.
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 2011-10-01
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-07-30
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-08-01
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-20
Location: Bonnells Bay, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2017-12-17
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-12
Location: Arnold Arboretum
credit: Bostonian13
Location: Arnold Arboretum
credit: Bostonian13
Location: Hidden Hills CA
Date: 2013-04-06
Leaf of a 4\" seedling

Date: 2013-05-18
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2009-10-16
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Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 2011-10-01
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 2011-10-01
Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2019-05-13
Location: Timpson, TX
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-28
Albizia julibrissin, 2017, Common [Mimosa]
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-20
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-20
Location: Hidden Hills CA
Date: 2013-04-17
4.5\" seedling just breaking dormancy
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2009-06-29
Leaves fold up at night
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2011-06-30
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2012-09-18
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Comments:
  • Posted by LoriMT (Dawsonville, GA - Zone 8a) on Mar 7, 2022 9:50 AM concerning plant:
    Albizia julibrissin is found commonly throughout Georgia, where it reseeds easily, grows quickly and shades out native plants. It is a category 1 (most serious) invasive plant in Georgia.
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Oct 1, 2011 8:47 AM concerning plant:
    This tree tends to be an invasive species in the Eastern half of the United States, but not in the Pacific Coast states, where it is used widely with no invasive tendencies.
    I find the leaves very interesting. When it rains the leaves slowly close and they always close at night. You can also run your hand across the leaves and they will start closing.
    In mid-summer my tree covers itself in beautiful pink flower puffs, which the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds love.
    Once established, it is somewhat drought tolerant.

    It can be a problem for people with pollen allergies.

    Introduced to the United States in 1745 from China as an ornamental tree.
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jul 23, 2020 11:00 AM concerning plant:
    I first saw this tree planted somewhat commonly in far southern Illinois in the 1970's. It is occasionally planted in southeast Pennsylvania and has escaped cultivation to be seen here and there in the wild along forest edges and in some waste places. It is native from Iran to central China. it is a fast growing tree, over 2 feet/year. It has a tropical appearance; sort of Acacia-like with a vase-shaped habit, often with a few trunks, and a flat topped crown. It does not develop fall color. It often has problems with Fusarium Wilt Disease and Mimosa Webworm; plus some canker & leaf spot & rust disease & a virus that causes chlorotic leaf stippling is possible. There may be a few cultivars out there resistant to the wilt disease and nematodes. It is not a good quality tree with being weak-wooded and messy. I have not seen any conventional nurseries selling it in southeast Pennsylvania, but there are cheap mail order nurseries that do sell it.
  • Posted by Kathy547 ( Arkansas - Zone 8b) on Dec 20, 2015 9:34 AM concerning plant:
    Mimosa trees are common in the South, especially around old home sites. In fact, many Southerners consider these to be weed-type trees because they tend to reseed easily. A lot of them will have trunks that branch close to the ground, making them good climbing trees for kids. It can be a bit messy when the flowers fall to the ground.
  • Posted by MinxFox (Florida Panhandle - Zone 9a) on Mar 14, 2022 10:26 AM concerning plant:
    Growing up we had a mimosa in our backyard. It was very beautiful and they do have the shape of an African tree - you could just picture a leopard sleeping in it or a giraffe feeding from it. One person commented that mimosas make great climbing trees for kids. Unfortunately, I found that to be the opposite as either the sap from the plant or the bark itself caused an allergic reaction in me. As a kid I was outside a lot so my hands were probably dirty from climbing this tree, I rubbed my eyes, and woke up the next morning with my eyes sealed shut with crust. My Mom had to get a hot wet towel to rub over my eyes so that I could even get them open. That was the last time I climbed one of these trees, and now as an adult I have a small one that appeared by the driveway. I'm letting it stay because the tree is beautiful and the blooms are wonderful. I am just very careful to wash my hands and arms immediately after cutting a branch from it or touching it.
  • Posted by aloe143 (mid-Wales. UK hardiness zone 7,8. Equivalent to USDA zone 8--10-15F) on Jan 10, 2023 5:52 PM concerning plant:
    This Albizia is highly invasive and can swamp indigenous species and invade highway & road edges.
  • Posted by RadlyRootbound (East-Central Mississippi - Zone 8a) on Feb 21, 2019 9:40 AM concerning plant:
    There is a strain of Mimosa trees that is dominant in the Birmingham, Alabama area and has white flowers instead of pink. In fact, when going through that region, I don't recall seeing any Mimosas with pink blooms, just white ones, and they grow wild everywhere.
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