Albizia julibrissin SEEDS

Albizia julibrissin seeds grow into the Persian silk tree one of the most ornamentally exuberant deciduous trees of the warm-temperate and subtropical world, native to a range from Iran and Turkey through the Caucasus and Central Asia to China and Korea, where it grows in warm, dry valleys and hillsides. This medium-sized tree develops a wide, spreading, flat-topped or umbrella-shaped canopy of finely bipinnate, fern-like leaves that fold up at night, and produces in mid-summer the extraordinary fluffy, powder-puff flower heads in which numerous long, thread-like stamens of deep pink to white create one of the most distinctive and spectacular floral effects of any hardy tree. Fragrant and highly attractive to butterflies, bees and, in its native range, hummingbird-like sunbirds. Family Fabaceae.

Albizia julibrissin is fast-growing, drought-tolerant once established, and thrives in hot summers and poor soils. It is fully hardy to around -15C in some cultivars. Full sun and good drainage are essential.

• Spectacular fluffy pink-and-white powder-puff flowers in mid-summer unique among hardy trees
• Finely bipinnate fern-like leaves that fold at night; wide spreading canopy
• Iran to China and Korea warm valleys and hillsides of Asia
• Fast-growing; drought-tolerant; thrives in hot summers and poor soils
• Fragrant flowers attract butterflies and pollinators; some cultivars hardy to -15C

Albizia julibrissin seeds produce one of the most flamboyantly flowering of all landscape trees the Persian silk tree, whose extraordinary mid-summer powder-puff blooms in pink and white have made it one of the most sought-after ornamental trees for warm-temperate and subtropical gardens worldwide.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.