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Calliandra surinamensis 'Pink Poodle'

 

Pink Powder Puff

Showy pink flowers, like a powderpuff, made up of long slender stemans which are bright pink at the tips and white at the base.The plant has evergreen bipinnate, oblong leaves. Surinam powder puff is a fast grower.This plant is cultivated for its ornamental purposes and can also be used for bonsai.

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plant Features
  • Pink Powder Puff likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Pink Powder Puff likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Pink Powder Puff is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Pink Powder Puff likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Pink Powder Puff

Latin name

Calliandra surinamensis 'Pink Poodle'

type

Flowering plant

family

Fabaceae

ph

6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Pink Powder Puff likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Pink Powder Puff is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    Pink Powder Puff likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Pink Powder Puff likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Pink Powder Puff is 3.00meters x 3.00meters 3.00 M 3.00 M

Calliandra surinamensis 'Pink Poodle'

Showy pink flowers, like a powderpuff, made up of long slender stemans which are bright pink at the tips and white at the base.The plant has evergreen bipinnate, oblong leaves. Surinam powder puff is a fast grower.This plant is cultivated for its ornamental purposes and can also be used for bonsai.


Planting for indoor plants

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

If you live in an area where the Powder Puff tree isn't hardy, you will have to grow it in a large planter and move it back indoors during the winter. If space in your home is limited, you should consider growing a dwarf variety of the Powderpuff tree, which can be easily managed as a 2-3 foot plant by careful pruning. Indoors, Calliandra needs bright light to full sun, fairly high humidity and an average room temperature of 60°-75°. If the lack of humidity is a problem, you can set the planter on a tray filled with moistened pebbles.

 

Planting Outdoors Spring

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Calliandras grow and flower best if they are grown in full sun, but they tolerate some partial shade, especially in hot summer regions. They should be planted in reasonably fertile, moist but well-drained soil with a pH of 6.0-7.5. Powder Puff plants should be watered regularly and thoroughly to maintain evenly moist soil, especially during the summer growing season. Continuously wet conditions should always be avoided. Well established plants can tolerate occasional periods of drought.

 
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