Albizzia jublibrissin

Is this growing in the ground?

As Homebird, says, very attractive leaf, great with the
pink peony. Does it have a 'common name', because I certainly couldn't pronounce that name after a few drinks ... lol.

Thanks for your comments. I planted it near the peonies. I planted it for the graceful. lacy leaves because I do not know if it will ever bloom here. It is in the ground Meanie and I hope it will survive . It is the cold hardy variety "Albizia julibrissin 'E.H. Wilson"
Allan, I am glad that you like it. It does have many common names I think "silk tree" is the mostly used.
Apparently invasive in certain regions.

Thank you for the information Klahanie, I like "Silk Tree", it's much easier to say.

It looks perfect with the peonies Klahanie - I hope it does well for you :)

Thank you Scottish. I thought that they compliment each other. I am not so worried about cold as I am about wetness in the winter. We have very heavy clay and poor drainage. I already killed several trees planting them in a wrong spot :-(

Attractive plant,K. How tall will it grow if it's a tree & do I see a thorn on it ?

That's very easily done Klahanie - the wet sees off many a plant here too!

Feverfew , it is called a small tree . It is at the moment about 5 feet and I would not mind to get it to about 10' (in my lifetime) It does not have thorns but I can see why you think so (looking at the picture)

Scottish, most plants like fast drainage and I cannot give it to them. Some will tolerate a little bit of wet feet but not so many.

Klahanie:

It looks great! All the silk trees are in full bloom here, right now. They can grow to more than 40' (13m) tall. It's typically a very fast growing tree. The variety called 'Chocolate' is much smaller and slower growing. I need to get some photos posted before they stop blooming.

Please do and keep your fingers crossed for me. I have seen the chocolate leaf one, they are available around here too ....but I do not know how hardy they are. This is the hardier variety.... Albizia julibrissin 'E.H. Wilson'.

Yes, I will cross my fingers for you. :>)

I think the chocolate variety is very hardy, also. All Albizzia jublibrissin trees are very, very hardy.

This is still just a little stick and I hope it will establish itself during the summer and if it does it will be my most exotic looking plant for now. All others died over the years. Climate change. We are getting much harsher winters.

I think the problem may not be the cold. I think the wet soil may the problem for you. Many plants, trees which are in the legume family don't like cold, wet soils in winter. The roots have a tendency to rot.

I thought the winters in the U.S. and Canada were getting much milder. This past winter was a prime example of a very warm winter for all California, Oregon and Washington (I do know most of the eastern and mid-west states were much colder than normal this past winter, though).

They had a really long cold snap here in February. And I am talking cold like -15C. That is not likely in our 8-9 zone .
Lasted for couple of weeks. So... even if the winter in general was warm these few weeks killed all the tender plants. We used to have one or two days cold snaps before( not -15). but it usually lasted only day or two.

Yes, that sounds extremely cold for Vancouver Island. I know Vancouver Island has a very mild maritime climate. I'm still so amazed it got that cold there.

I know and remember very well the severe freeze of December 1990 (the worst freeze to hit California, Oregon and Washington State) and it affected all the of western states so badly. The San Diego and Los Angeles urban areas were the only parts of California not affected. The San Francisco Bay Area was hit very badly. I was living in the SF Bay Area at that time and had severe damage to many of my subtropical plants. It was HORRIBLE!