Mimosa trees, also known as Persian silk trees, are fast-growing trees that require regular pruning. With its fragrant, puffy pink flowers from April to July and its feathery, fern-like foliage, this ...

Summer 1962: It was the summer of “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King (which was a good thing), Marilyn Monroe had just died (a sad thing), and America was soon to be gearing up for a missile crisis ...

Pink mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) trees, also known as silk trees, are beautiful, drought-resistant, and delightful to observe. The leaves fold when touched at night or when exposed to extreme cold or ...

The mimosa tree (Albizia julibrissin) is considered an invasive species in North America. When uncontrolled, this midsized ornamental tree can grow up to 50 feet tall, making it a threat to fall or ...

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Fort Worth’s beloved “Homeless Christmas Tree” has apparently celebrated its last holiday. The little mimosa tree that for decades stood alone atop a hill on the north side of Interstate 30 with a ...

Q: My spectacular mimosa was transplanted from my yard in Boston to my summer cottage on Cape Cod but died suddenly this summer after 20 years. The flowers, leaves and pods all suddenly dropped, and ...

DEAR NEIL: We have property near the Red River and would like to plant a mimosa tree. What side of the house should it go on? Dear Reader: That depends on many things. If you want it for shade, the ...

The family of a woman who cared for Fort Worth’s famous “Homeless Christmas Tree” before her 2006 death is asking whoever took her memorial bench to kindly return it. The family of Carla Christian was ...