Calliandra surinamensis "Dixie Pink"

Unusual shrub or small tree with soft feathery leaves and abundant soft pink pom pom flowers, which immediately strikes the eye. It prefers a bright place with lightly filtered sun, or morning sun, in well drained soil, for best results it should be planted in a sheltered place (it cannot bear temperatures below 0°C), on a terrace or balcony and then moved indoors against a window pane as a house plant for winter. Always outdoors where temperatures don't drop below zero: lakes, coasts, islands, southern Italy... very long-lived and easy to keep. Blooms all summer from late spring to fall. Withstands continuous pruning (flowers on new branches), easy to keep compact and as a bonsai.