Acacia dealbata (Mimosa / Silver Wattle) fruit Its bright red flowers

Its bright red flowers

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Native to the Jiuzhaigou Valley in Sichuan

Acacia dealbata (Mimosa / Silver Wattle) fruit Its bright red flowersThe Acacia dealbata, known as the mimosa or silver wattle, is one of the most spectacular exotic trees you can grow in a mild British garden. Fast growing and evergreen, it carries feathery, finely divided silver green foliage all year round, then erupts in late winter into a haze of fragrant, fluffy yellow pompom flowers just when the garden needs it most. This is a plant that turns a warm, sheltered wall or courtyard into something close to the