IFAS Extension
Urban Horticulture
Abstract
This fast-growing, deciduous tree has a low branching, open, spreading habit and delicate, lacy, almost fern-like foliage. Fragrant, silky, pink puffy pompom blooms, two inches in diameter, appear in abundance from late April to early July creating a spectacular sight. But the tree produces numerous seed pods and harbors insect (webworm) and disease (vascular wilt) problems.
About this Publication
This document is ENH227, one of a series of the UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences. Original publication date: November 1993. Revised April 2007 and February 2013. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © 2026 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
How to Cite
Gilman, E., & Watson, D. (2003). Albizia julibrissin: Mimosa. EDIS, 2003(10). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-st068-1993
Authors
Edward F. Gilman
professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Horticulture
Dennis G. Watson
former associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, FL
Contacts
Andrew Koeser
Specialist
University of Florida
professor, landscape management, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL