Albizia julibrissin

A large, spreading shrub or small tree, 5-6 m tall, 4-6 m wide, gracious, roundish, oval crown, slow-growing when young.

Like pompons, yellow-green, fragrant flower heads, stamen extended, pink; summer.

Deciduous, finely pinnate, fern-like, 30-45 cm long, single leaflets only a few millimetres long, soft yellow-green, folding up like mimosa at night.

Full sun, sheltered, sensitive to frost, cold house, does not tolerate great fluctuations in temperature, responds well to pruning.

Well drained, not too nutritious garden soil.

Zone 8a