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Sensitive Plant in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Mimosa pudica

 

Sensitive Plant

Acacias, or wattles, are shrubs and trees that belong to the pea family. They are evergreen plants grown for their attractive foliage and bright yellow scented blooms. The genus varies in size from small shrubs, ideal for containers, to large trees of 10m or more in height.Leaves of the 'Sensitive Plant' protect themselves from predators by folding in response to touch and the entire stem collapses. Its leaves close up at night and open again in the morning as protection from adverse environmental conditions. It produces a profusion of pink pompom flowers that bloom from summer into autumn. Mimosa pudica is a perennial shrub, but is often treated like an annual and tossed out, because it tends to deteriorate after flowering. Younger plants are more beautiful

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plant Features
  • Sensitive Plant likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Sensitive Plant likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Sensitive Plant is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Sensitive Plant likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Sensitive Plant

Latin name

Mimosa pudica

type

Tree

family

Fabaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Sensitive Plant likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Sensitive Plant is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    Sensitive Plant likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Sensitive Plant likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Sensitive Plant is 0.70meters x 0.80meters 0.70 M 0.80 M

Mimosa pudica

Acacias, or wattles, are shrubs and trees that belong to the pea family. They are evergreen plants grown for their attractive foliage and bright yellow scented blooms. The genus varies in size from small shrubs, ideal for containers, to large trees of 10m or more in height.Leaves of the 'Sensitive Plant' protect themselves from predators by folding in response to touch and the entire stem collapses. Its leaves close up at night and open again in the morning as protection from adverse environmental conditions. It produces a profusion of pink pompom flowers that bloom from summer into autumn. Mimosa pudica is a perennial shrub, but is often treated like an annual and tossed out, because it tends to deteriorate after flowering. Younger plants are more beautiful


Flowering

From Mid Winter TO Mid Summer

Acacia can flower as early as mid Winter in mild weather, and go on flowering until mid Spring

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Summer

Plant container grown plants in a sunny, sheltered, position, in acid soils that are free draining.

 

Propagating by cuttings

From Late Summer TO Early Autumn

Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.

 
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