General Landscape Uses: Primarily a specimen ornamental, can also be trained as a hedge.

Ecological Restoration Notes: Pollinator support, nitrogen fixation

Description: A gorgeous flowering shrub or small tree known for its fluffy, pink-and-white puffball blooms and fern-like foliage.

Dimensions: Height 6 – 12 ft.

Growth Rate: Fast

Native Range: Native to tropical S. America; distributed variously in tropics and sub-tropics; found throughout Caribbean

Native Habitats: Tropical lowland forests, riverbanks, forest edges, scrublands

Soils: Well drained, loamy

Nutritional Requirements: Moderate

Salt Water Tolerance: Low to moderate

Salt Wind Tolerance: Low to moderate

Drought Tolerance: High

Light Requirements: Full Sun to Part Sun

Flower Color: filaments white at base and pink or red above

Flower Characteristics: Showy

Flowering Season: All year

Fruit: A legume pod that begins green and turns brown and dry when the seeds are ready

Wildlife and Ecology: Pollinator magnet, habitat and shelter

Horticultural Notes: Propagated by seed, cuttings

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