25 MIMOSA / PERSIAN SILK TREE Albizia Julibrissin Seeds BLOOM TIME: Pink Fuzzy Flowers in Late Spring HARDINESS ZONE: 6 - 10 PLANT HEIGHT: 30 - 40' . . . PLANT SPACING: 12 - 15' LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average - Dry The Mimosa Tree is a small umbrella shaped tree. Its ferny leaves slowly close during the night and during periods of rain, the leaflets bowing downward as if the tree were sleeping. The bark or cortex is used to cure bruises and as a vermicide. The seeds are used as a food for livestock and wildlife, and the sweetly-scented flowers are a good nectar source for honeybees.