Velvetpod Mimosa

Mimosa dysocarpa

Velvetpod mimosa is a prickly Southwestern shrub with bottlebrush spikes of rose-pink flowers in summer, a tough, nitrogen-fixing pollinator plant for dry uplands.

Family: Fabaceae
Type: shrub
Lifespan: perennial
Height: 2–5 ft
Spacing: 3–5 ft apart
Light: sun
Soil moisture: dry
Soil pH: neutral, alkaline
Bloom: June, July, August, September
Bloom colors: pink, purple
Wildlife value: pollinators, butterflies, larval host
Landscape uses: hedge or screen, foundation
Native states: AZ, NM, TX