• Close-up of a Mimosa pudica plant with fern-like green leaves and a round, pink pom-pom flower.
  • Close-up of a Mimosa pudica plant showing its delicate, fern-like green leaflets.
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  • Fern-like green leaves of a Mimosa pudica plant with thin branching stems.
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Mimosa Seeds - Sensitive Plant

Sensitive indeed—a plant that moves in response to touch

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About the Variety

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Key Features

Heat Tolerant
Prefers Moist Soil
Container Friendly
Attracts Bees
Attracts Butterflies
Fast Growing
Easy to Grow
Ground Cover
Medicinal
Improves Soil
Suppresses Weeds
Hanging Basket Friendly

Plant Details

BOTANICAL NAME

Mimosa pudica

LIFE CYCLE

  • Perennial

SEED TYPE

  • Open Pollinated Seed

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

  • Full Sun

BLOOM SEASON

  • Summer

GROWTH HABIT

  • Branching
  • Upright

PLANT HEIGHT

  • 12 to 24 inches

COLOR

  • Pink

Mimosa Sensitive Plant is a fascinating plant with a remarkable response to touch. When the leaves’ hairs are stimulated by touch or other forms of stimulation, they trigger an electrical impulse that causes the leaflets to fold inwards! Aside from its unique leaf movement, the sensitive plant is also prized for its delicate, fern-like foliage and attractive light purple flowers. While Mimosa Sensitive Plant can be grown outdoors, as it has the potential to escape and naturalize easily; we prefer to grow it as a houseplant.

  • • Flowers resemble pom-poms
  • • Grows in an outward, creeping habit
  • • Fast grower

Planting Information

PLANTING SEASON

  • Spring

SOWING METHOD

  • Direct Sow
  • Start Indoors

PLANTING DEPTH

  • 1/4 inch

WATER NEEDS

  • Average

PLANT SPACING

  • 12 to 15 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

  • 10
  • 11
  • 12

SEED PREP

  • Soaking

COVERAGE

Amount Avg Seed Count Recommended Coverage
Packet 75 Up to 80 Sq. Ft
1 Ounce 4,500 Up to 625 Sq. Ft

Planting Guide

View our Mimosa Planting Guide to learn more.

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    Customer Reviews

    Overall rating: 3.8 / 5 from 4 reviews.

    Customer photo review of Mimosa Seeds - Sensitive Plant

    These seeds germinated very quickly! Our children love touching the plant and seeing the leaves move and fold up. We leave it outside in the summer and indoors in the winter (zone 7b).

    Laura 5/5

    Mimosa Seeds - Sensitive Plant

    Be warned! This is NOT the variety of Sunshine mimosa that can be used as a nice ground cover. These are Mimosa Pudica (a fact that is only noted once on this page, and in very small font). Mimosa Pudica is native to the Caribbean and central America. Mimosa Strigillosa is native to Florida - it is the nice, soft, low-growing groundcover. I'm really disappointed that it wasn't more obviously noted that these are thorny and unfriendly. Yes, the "Pudica" is on the page, but it's certainly not obvious. I'll take partial blame for not noticing, but I think it definitely should be better noted on the product page. (Germination was also pretty poor - maybe 10% of the seeds sprouted. Which is, I suppose, a good thing in the end, since I don't want thorns anyway)

    Paige G. 3/5

    Mimosa Seeds - Sensitive Plant

    Store owner replied: Hello, Paige Thanks so much for your review! We greatly appreciate your feedback on this matter. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and service and will certainly take your information into account. If you ever have any other concerns or questions, feel free to reach out to us and we'll be happy to do all we can to assist. Thanks again for your review and best wishes for your growing season!

    Excellent germination. Love the response you get when you touch the leaves. I can’t wait to soon see the beautiful flowers.

    Gigi’s G. 5/5 Verified

    Mimosa Seeds - Sensitive Plant

    Started 40 seeds and out of that only 2 have sprouted. Still have more seeds, hoping for a better germination rate in the next planting.

    Heather 2/5 Verified

    Mimosa Seeds - Sensitive Plant

    Store owner replied: Hello, Heather Thank you for your review of Eden Brothers! We greatly appreciate you bringing this to our attention. It's so important to have feedback like this so we can continually improve our products and processes. After speaking with our Customer Service Team, it seems we were able to resolve this for you. Thanks for your time in sharing your experience with us!

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