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Plant Habit: Shrub
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 to 20 feet
Plant Spread: 15 to 20 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Other: Leaves emerge bronze-green, matureing to deep burgundy-purple.
Fruit: Other: 7 inch flat, bean like pods.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Other: Persist through winter.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Flowering Tree
Will Naturalize
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Chocolate Mimosa
  • Purple-Leaf Mimosa Tree

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I love this color by dave Mar 15, 2012 11:50 AM 1

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