Silk tree
- Product number: 640980
- Origin: Southwest Asia
- Latin: Albizia julibrissin
The bipinnate leaves close at night (sleeping tree) and the flower heads show a large tuft of soft, white to pink stamens (like silk). This deciduous shrub is easy to grow and is increasingly hardy in our climate...
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Latin: Albizia julibrissin
Dutch: Zijdeboom (Silk Tree)
Also: Slaapboom (Sleeping Tree)
English: Silk tree
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- Flower colour: White to pink stamens
- Origin: Southwest Asia
- Average growth height: More than 200 cm
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
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- Winter hardy: Moderately frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Albizia julibrissin
- Dutch: Silk tree
- Also known as: Roosting tree
- English: Silk tree
