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Vigorous upright deciduous tree maturing at.

Purple leaf mimosa tree. Description Mimosa is a small tree with widely spreading branches a short trunk and a broad flat-topped crown. The chocolatey-colored deciduous leaves give the tree an eye-catching unique look. The 20 to 30 small leaflets provide a detailed background on which the bursting colors of the Mimosa flower blossom.

Horticulturists say the name Mimosa applied to this tree is technically inaccurate. The spectacular fern-like leaves emerge green and turn deep burgundy to purple through summer until fall. Albizia julibrissin Summer Chocolate Purple-leaf Mimosa Tree.

The foliage deepens to a rich chocolate-burgundy color in summer and is adorned by delicate pink pincushion-like blooms in late summer. Bloodgood Japanese Maple Leaves have typical Acer palmatum leaf shape with deep red leaves that mature to rich purple in the early spring deep reddish-purple leaf color hold well into summer but may bronze out before turning crimson in the fall. Leaves are alternate twice-pinnately compound fernlike 620 inches long the pinnae first division branches 26 inches long the leaflets about.

The dark foliage persists on trees and drops in the fall without changing color. Some say the flowers smell like watermelon. The mimosa is a beautiful but messy and short-lived tree.

Mimosa or pink acacia 9244 13th. Weve seen a good 2-3 feet of growth mostly horizontal spreading out. Apr 27 2017 - Photo 314 of Purple-Leaf Mimosa Tree Albizia julibrissin Summer Chocolate.

Its genus is named for the Italian nobleman Filippo Albizzi who introduced it to Europe around the middle of the 18th century as an ornamental. Mimosa Trees The Mimosa Tree a member of the Fabaceae family originated in Asia and was first introduced to the United States in 1745. Plant database entry for Purple-Leaf Mimosa Tree Albizia julibrissin Summer Chocolate with 14 images and 43 data details.