Albizia julibrissin seeds.....just germinating.....

Oh yes, well done Milky. I hope mine germinate too soon. Do you cover them now or just leave them to get on with it?

What are they havent heard of them before?

Looks promising!

Yes come on Milky spill the beans and answer Dawn as I too would like to know.

Milky:

Did you get the seeds from a local tree?

Had no idea what these were but Google gave me the answer! Well done, Milky, have you got room in your garden in they all grow well?

I am glad you like them Gee, and to answer Toto and Dawns question.....I am uncovering them during the day, but just putting plastic dome over them at night and keeping them at around 15 degrees in the heated section of the greenhouse....I am hoping that this is going to be enough to see them through. Delonix....i was a bit naughty and brought the seeds back from Samos.....shhhh

Thanks Maureen. Shhhh dont let Ray know you have a heated section of the greenhouse.

Milky:

I would've thought this tree would grow wild in the U.K. Is it not a commonly available tree?

I'm assuming that's Samos, Greece? :>)

Yes Andy Greece....Ive not seen them growing here other than in pots or really very sheltered gardens....I have seen seed available to but through some seed merchants, but never seen it as a plant for sale....

Milky:

It's an extremely hardy deciduous tree. They grow wild in all of the Southern U.S. I think they even grow all the way up to Seattle, Washington...which has a very similar to most of the U.K.

Delonix....Its good to know they are hardy...Thanks for that information Andy...

Milky:

You're welcome! Also, I meant to say: Seattle, WA. has a similar climate to to the U.K. or maybe it's similar to London.
LOL! :>)

I have one of these Milky , they were growing everywhere we went in France this year , I fell in love with them and tried to take a cutting but then I went to a plant sale on the Norwich show ground in Sept . and there they were for sale , it's only about 1ft tall , I have it standing inside the peach frame it's still in it's pot , maybe I should put it in the greenhouse do you think ?

Hi Milky I have this growing in our garden, bought it from Parkers, wanted the chocolate one too, but it is more tender.
As Amy says growing in France, there was an enormous one outside our favourite restaurant, did not realize it was an Albizia at the time, but it is a stunner of a tree.

They are gorgeous aren't they Dd , and as you say they do grow very big ... how nice for it to be right outside your favourite restaurant a treat while you eat ..LOL...

Amy from what Delonix has told me and from reading, they do seem to be quite hardy, so I would think that if you have it sheltered reaspnably then it should be fine.....Dotty I havent seen the chocolate one, but yes they are beautiful shrubs/trees when they are in flower....

Ours is now 18 months old, I dont know how long it takes for the tree to flower, but, looking forward to it.

Milky:

The Chocolate variety is widely grown and sold at nurseries here. I like the Chocolate variety better than the species.
I'll post a pic before they go dormant, which is in a couple of months.

Thanks Delonix....

I will look for that Delonix ,I haven't seen a choclate one ...

Thanks Milky It sounds as though it could be a long wait for the flowers , I wonder why we don't see them more often here if they are hardy ?

I can vouch for hardiness. I have a young one and it survived hard Hungarian winter this year and grew well during the summer. I'm hoping for flowers next year but we will see. Hope the seedlings do well.

Thanks Chrispook....they are about an inch high at the moment...I shall look forward to seeing your pics when it flowers.....

I know of a specimen of this tree here. I used to pass it every day on my way home from work. I even took a couple of photos of it. I thought it was a Mimosa tree but I found on Wikipedia that it's common name is the Persian Silk tree.

It is a very nice tree, quite low growing & very wide. It has lovely multi segmented leaves which, it seems, close slowly at night.

Thats the one balcony...They were growing everywhere on Samos, and so pretty.......