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Chocolate Mimosa Tree, Ground Garden Beds, Plants For Oxygen, The Island Of Missing Trees, Simple Gardens, Mimosa Plant, Tropical Planting, Ground Garden, Seed Companies

The fast-growing, invasive Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin), a small, deciduous tree, is also called a silk tree. It produces beautiful white or pink flowers without petals that are attractive to hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. Horticulturists say the name Mimosa applied to this tree is technically inaccurate. The ...

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In Cantonese, the scientific name “Bombax ceiba” literally translates to “cotton-tree flowers.” Why? Well, the Red Silk Cotton Tree produces capsules which contain white fluffy fibres that are very similar to cotton when ripe. These fibres have played a pivotal role in textile production in Nepal and India. Red Silk Cotton Tree, Bombax Ceiba Tree, Bombax Ceiba, Tree With Red Flowers, Japanese Quince, Royal Poinciana, Tall Trees, Chestnut Horse, Invasive Species

In Cantonese, the scientific name “Bombax ceiba” literally translates to “cotton-tree flowers.” Why? Well, the Red Silk Cotton Tree produces capsules which contain white fluffy fibres that are very similar to cotton when ripe. These fibres have played a pivotal role in textile production in Nepal and India.

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Floss Silk Tree, Plant Palette, Silk Tree, Plant Identification, Common Names, Annual Plants, Tropical Garden, The Trunk, Design Project

This appears to be the seed of C. speciosa tree (genus has recently changed from Chorisia to Cebia) that produces big pods, cottony fluff and beautiful hibiscus-looking pink flowers. Flowers are followed by pear-shaped capsules (fruit pods) filled with seed embedded in silky white floss (hence the common name of silk floss tree). In

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