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

Its bright red flowers

It thrives in the understory of the Mata Atlântica

Size: slow and compact

Native to the Jiuzhaigou Valley in Sichuan

keep it indoors in a warm spot

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