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An Acacia in the garden is a clear ode to beauty. Be it for their flowers or intricate leaves, they are stunning. These articles introduce the most ornamental ones.

Albizia, a superb flower-bearing tree

 albizia tree

Silk tree – proper care and soft pruning for this silk-flowered tree

 Silk tree flower with pink rim and white center

Mophead acacia, a beautiful acacia with a happily frazzled appearance

 Delineated mophead acacia tree

Acacia tree – planting, care and pruning of this towering shade-giver

 acacia tree

Black locust tree, false acacia

 White cluster of black locust flowers

Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Umbraculifera’, a round-shaped tree for gardens and containers

 Flower of the Robinia pseudoacacia umbraculifera variety

Mimosa, superb winter flower tree

 Mimosa tree

Propagate a mimosa tree from bark

 Two slabs of bark from a damaged tree recovered with sprouting mimosa tree shoots.

Acacia dealbata, the winter mimosa tree

 acacia dealbata

Mimosa tree varieties: more blooms in winter!

 mimosa tree varieties

Albizia native range – and places where it’s invasive now, too

 Native and invasive ranges of Albizia