Outstanding and regal Calliandra is an unusual shrub or small tree with soft feathery leaves and pink coloured flowers, immediately striking to the eye. Preferring a bright sunny spot in well drain soil, for best results plants in a sheltered spot, us use in a patio planter on a terrace or balcony and then move indoors as a house or conservatory plant for the winter. Also known as the Surinam Powder Puff Tree, the Calliandra will form a small tree with plenty of attractive fluffy pink flowers for most of the summer. A native of the Caribbean and South America, it is important never to allow it to dry our during the flowering period.
Outstanding and regal Calliandra is an unusual shrub or small tree with soft feathery leaves and pink coloured flowers, immediately striking to the eye. Preferring a bright sunny spot in well drain soil, for best results plants in a sheltered spot, us use in a patio planter on a terrace or balcony and then move indoors as a house or conservatory plant for the winter. Also known as the Surinam Powder Puff Tree, the Calliandra will form a small tree with plenty of attractive fluffy pink flowers for most of the summer. A native of the Caribbean and South America, it is important never to allow it to dry our during the flowering period.
