• 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.
  • Close-up of a Mimosa pudica plant's green, fern-like leaflets with blurred foliage in background.
  • 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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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

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

  • Full Sun

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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Mimosa Seeds - Sensitive Plant

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What type of seed is Sensitive Plant Mimosa?

Sensitive Plant Mimosa is an open pollinated seed.

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