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Sunshine Mimosa
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Sunshine Mimosa

Mimosa strigillosa

Honeybees visit sunshine mimosa primarily for its abundant pollen and moderate nectar rewards, with peak blooming from May through July providing a reliable early-to-mid summer forage source. This low-growing perennial groundcover attracts large numbers of pollinators to its pink powderpuff flowers but requires well-drained soils to thrive and can spread aggressively in favorable conditions, making it suitable for meadow plantings near apiaries.

Nectarmedium
Pollenmedium
BloomMarch–August
USDA zones8-11
TypePerennial
Sunfull
NativeSouth-central and Southeastern United States
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