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Electric Pink Cordyline

Common name: Electric Pink Cordyline
Botanical name: Cordyline banksii Electric Pink

Description:  Electric Pink Cordyline is a colorful perennial evergreen plant with long pink and burgundy colored sword like leaves.  It tolerates full sun, which enhances the color of its leaves but will also grow well in light shade. Morning sun with shade in the hot valley afternoons seems to be the best exposure for this plant.  As with other Cordylines it grows well with a well-drained soil and more lush with regular irrigation and fertilizations.  It also does very well as a container plant and stays smaller in size when containerized.

Exposure:   Full to partial sun                           Growth Rate:  moderate

Height:
       3 – 6 feet                                      Width:  3 – 5 feet
Winter Hardiness: 15° F
USDA Hardiness Zones: 8 - 10                        Sunset Growing Zones: Zones 8, 9, 14 -24

Family:  Dracaenaceae (Agaveaceae)
Genus:  Cordyline   (kor-di-LY-nee)
Specific epithet:  banksii (BANKS-ee-eye)
Cultivar: Electric pink  ['Sprilecpink']

Family:
Dracaenaceae (Agaveaceae)

 Genus: Cordyline (kor-di-LY-nee)
The genus Cordyline from the Greek word for club, refers to roots
 Specific epithet: banksii (BANKS-ee-eye)
Named for Sir Joseph Banks, 19th century botanist and President of the Royal Horticultural Society
 Origin: New Zealand (Australasia)



Summer Chocolate Mimosa Tree

Common name: Summer Chocolate Mimosa Tree
Botanical name: Albizia julibrissin ‘Summer Chocolate’

Description:  This moderate to fast growing, deciduous tree was a seedling selection. The Summer Chocolate Mimosa tree has a wide, umbrella shaped canopy with beautiful bronze-green, fern-like leaves appearing in spring. The foliage color deepens to a rich chocolate burgundy color in summer. Scented clusters of pink, powder puff blooms attract butterflies.  Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after tree root system establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer. Pruning time: pruning is generally not necessary.

Exposure:   Full to partial sun                            Growth Rate:  moderate
Height:       20 feet                                          Width:  15 feet
Winter Hardiness: 15° F
USDA Hardiness Zones: 7 - 10                       
Sunset Growing Zones: Zones Zones 4-23, 26-33

Family:  Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Genus:  Albizia
Specific epithet:  julibrissin
Cultivar: ‘Summer Chocolate’

Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Fabaceae is known as the legume or bean family.  This is third largest group of plants with 730 genera and over 19,000 species.  There are over 500 species of mimosa.

 Genus: Albizia
The genus is named after the Italian nobleman Filippo degli Albizzi, belonging to the famous Florentine family Albizzi, who introduced it to Europe in the mid-18th century

 Specific epithet: julibrissin 
The specific epithet julibrissin is a corruption of the Persian word gul-i abrisham which means "silk flower" 

Origin: Asia

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