About
Albizia julibrissin 'Summer Chocolate' PBR is a sizable shrub or small tree that develops a rounded canopy as it matures. Its foliage features fern-like, pinnate leaves that display shades of pinkish-bronze or deep purple, consisting of multiple leaflets. In the summer, it produces clusters of spherical flowerheads, which can be pinkish or yellow-green in color.
About the genus
Albizia includes a range of deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbing plants. They feature bipinnate foliage consisting of numerous small leaflets. The flower clusters are made up of many tiny flowers, notable for their prominent stamens.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs, Trees
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 4-8 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- Coastal, Mediterranean climate plants, City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Gravel garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in well-drained soil in full sun with shelter from cold winds. Can survive low temperatures if growth has been sufficiently ripened in summer. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold or northern gardens so best for southern counties or London gardens
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1, or pruning group 13 if wall-trained
- Propagation
- Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings with bottom heat in summer
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to verticillium wilt and honey fungus