White Powder Puff Flowering Tree Calliandra haematocephala

White Powder Puff, Flowering Tree, Calliandra haematocephala The White Powder Puff Calliandra is a South American native, typically from Bolivia’s warm tropical climates.The area where these exotic beauties are found is Known as “the greenhouse of the world,” thus ensuring this globally important eco-region straddles the northern boundary of the Amazon Jungle.  Calliandra haematocephala does best living in tropical climates similar to the climate of South America where the plant is originally from. It grows well in tropical, subtropical, humid and dry climates.  White Powder Puff is a flowering shrub that can grow up to 11 - 15 feet tall, in its natural environment, without boundaries, but if potted it will stay small similar to a bonsai and will not likely grow past 5 feet tall. This large, multiple-trunked, low-branching, evergreen shrub has silky leaflets which are elliptic pinnate ever glossy copper when new, turning to a dark metallic green on clumping stems. The profuse, fragrant