Description: You will get 15 seeds per one order Vegetative Growth Mimosa grows as a deciduous tree 3 to 15m (10-50ft) in height with one or many stems, smooth light-brown to grayish bark, finely dissected compound leaves, and showy pink flowers that continually produce legume pods through summer. Pods usually persist into winter. The twigs are slender to stout, bright green when young, then shiny grayish brown with small lenticels, but lacking a terminal bud. Mimosa leaves are alternately arranged, bipinnately compound, 15 to 50cm (6-20in) long with 8 to 24 pairs of branchlets and 20 to 60 feathery leaflets per branch. The leaflets are asymmetric, about 1 to 1.5cm (0.5in) long and dark green, with the midvein nearer and running parallel to one margin. Margins are not serrated. Flowering Mimosa flowers in May to July, with some plants producing flowers into November. Flowers are produced in terminal clusters at the base of the current year’s twigs; each cluster will have 15 to 25 sessile, 3.5 to 5cm (1.5-2in) flowers. Flowers are pom-pom like with numerous filamentous, bright-pink tufts with white bases, and fragrant. Mimosa fruit consists of clusters of flat legume pods with bulging seeds, each pod 8 to 18 cm (3-7in) long, and can be seen from June to February. Typically 5 to 10 seeds are produced per pod. Mimosa seed coats are impermeable, resulting in long-term dormancy. Viability has been measured as high as 90% after five years. Dispersal Mimosa is spread through both vegetative growth and seed dispersal. Seeds and seed pods may be dispersed by wind, gravity and water. Mimosa can seed into wild areas from ornamental plantings. The plants resprout from the root stock. Notes: Mimosa trees are excellent for bonsai; however, they require scarification to germinate. In ideal conditions, seeds should be refrigerated for ~3 months, soaked in warm water for 24 hours and the seed coat scarified either by knicking with a knife or lightly filing the end down. At the least, seed coats must be soaked and penetrated to for germination to occur. Pods are dry and brittle so they might break during shipping. It doesn’t affect the seeds.
Price: 4.49 USD
Location: Sacramento, California
End Time: 2024-08-03T05:33:33.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Tree
Type: Trees
Common Name: Persian Silk Tree
Genus: Albizia
Foliage: Deciduous
Tree Type: Flowering
Sunlight: Sun to Partial Shade
USDA Hardiness Zone (°F): 6 to 10
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
