This tree looks amazing right now... It's on the edge of the species rose garden at the Timaru Botanic Gardens and has these awesome flowers that remind me of a pink pohutakawa pom pom flowers...
The tree is named albizia, after Filipo del Albizzi, an 18th-century Florentine nobleman who introduced A. julibrissin into cultivation in Europe.
Albizia julibrissin is a tree that was originally grown in southern and eastern Asia. The flowers and stem bark are used to make medicine. Albizia julibrissin is used for anxiety, cancer, insomnia, skin infections, and other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support its use.
You might be wondering... Why is mimosa called silk tree?
The species name, Julibrissin, comes from the Persian word "gul-i brisham" which means silk flower.
