The Bailey acacia, either in purple-leaf or plain-gray variety, is also known as mimosa for the fragrant, tiny, yellow flower pompoms that appear all over the plant at the end of winter.

The leaves are huge, too. The velvety-soft, pointed oval leaves often grow six to 12 inches wide and long. The prolific leaf drop from that mass – along with the copious amount of dropping brown ...

Tent caterpillars in the spring. Gypsy moths in the summer. Fall webworms in the fall. Anything else? Yes! If your honeylocust or mimosa tree is covered in webs, it could be mimosa webworm.