PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The species occur naturally from the Middle East to China and Korea. These very beautiful Mimosa like trees are one of my favourites. Var. Summer Chocolate is a striking and unusual small tree or shrub that has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Exquisite and dainty, finely cut deep purple foliage and fascinating, fragrant, fluffy purplish pink flowers with luminescent white centres. A real eye catcher. This Albizia is not very hardy but will survive and flower outside if planted in a sunny south facing location in the warmest most sheltered parts of the UK. In other locations it must be given frost protection in winter. Can be pruned after flowering so will also make an excellent conservatory plant as well as a very effective bonsai subject. Really, a very beautiful tree and ideal for small gardens. This plant can be used in a mixed planting, or as a stand alone specimen in the garden or can easily be grown in a pot or other container. These plants are not ericaceous and can be grown in ordinary compost, however they will grow better and give better colour in neutral to acid soil so an ericaceous compost is recommended. The young leaves in spring emerge dark green but quickly turn deep purple unless they are in shade, when they will stay dark green. Grow in full sun for best colour. Ensure you feed regularly as a hungry plant is a poor performer. We recommend Osmoscote pro 8-9 month applied in the early spring. One application gives all the nutrients the plant requires for the whole year.
Specifications
- Brand Hortus Planta Ltd
- Type Ornamental
- Common Name Purple Silk Tree
- Latin Name Albizia julibrissin var. Summer Chocolate
- Sunlight Full Sun
- Watering Medium
- Aspect South-facing |West-facing|East-facing
- Climate Sheltered|Temperate
- Season Spring|Summer|Autumn
- Soil ph Acidic|Neutral
- Soil Type South-facing |West-facing|East-facing
- Hardiness H3 ( -5 to 1 C)
- Height 4 - 8 Mtrs
- Foliage Deciduous
Hortus Planta was bought to you in 2022. We operate from our nursery in West Sussex where all our plants are grown and from where everything we sell is dispatched. We are a small team. Our horticultural director has an impressive knowledge of plants gained over forty plus years of experience in propagation, production and customer service. Our team has 15 years of experience in online selling. We aim to use this combined expertise to bring you a desirable and interesting offer of quality plants and related products, with new items added annually.
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We ship via Royal Mail tracked 48 for our smaller items and Parcelforce Express 48 for our larger orders.
All items must be returned in the same condition it was received. Returns are processed within 1-2 business days upon return delivery date. Refunds are less the cost of the originally purchased shipping.
Please remember when purchasing from us that we are not a garden centre. In general garden centres sell a range of seasonal plants, that are sold for a limited period of time, when they look at their best. We are a nursery and offer you plants as near to an all year-round basis as possible. This means that at different times of year plants will not look at their best. In winter some may just be a pot of roots, in summer many will have been pruned and in autumn deciduous plants will have leaves that are dying and this will often mean they are mis-coloured and diseased, both natural ingredients of the process of decay and eventually renewal. All our plants have a one year, no quibble guarantee, from the date of order, so in the very unlikely event your poorly looking plant bought in autumn or winter (or in the case of some varieties, in summer) does not flourish in its main growing season, you are protected!