Why, when I was a kid, at the nadir of sensibility and good taste, I thought mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) was the prettiest ...

Ground cover in your flower beds can be better than mulch, and if you're looking for one without a commitment to high-maintenance plants, powderpuff mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa) might just be your ...

Passing messages to admirers through the ‘language of flowers’ added a frisson of intrigue to stately Victorian courtship. Mimosa represented chastity; mimosa closes up when touched ...