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That green viral junk is destroying historic views, and you defend it because you think it "looks better" than a native like Pine? Wow.
Planting or owning property where a mimosa tree is allowed to thrive in the South is just horrible. It's just like spraying graffiti on a monument.
That's right. I am sick to death of friggin' pine plantations owned by GP, Weyerhauser, etc., not to mention "the timbermen". Any tree would be an improvement. I live in Louisiana and we have a great variety of trees that have been bulldozed in favor of friggin' pine forests. Sick, Sick, Sick!!!!
When we were in Pennsylvania we had them growing where they shouldn't. THey were all over our A/C condenser unit and we had to weed it often....They were very invasive to us but then again so were our strawberries we planted in a 1'x1' space. The berries doubled their space then doubled etc until they were all over our garden. We love nature and all that goes with trees, plants, fruit trees but evething has its place.
In Florida now and the only Mimosa we enjoy comes in a glass and trimmed with a lime.
You know your stance on this is like saying, I want a puppy right now so I'm going to go down to petland and get a puppy mill puppy because I want it, I want it, I want it.
Like Veruca Salt...
But Daddy I want an oompa loompa now!
You sound like that. But I want a the pretty flowers now, daddy! It reminds me of happy memories!!
I was wondering if anybody out there knew how to get a Mimosa to bloom. I have had one for several (7) years and it is about 12 feet tall and has never had a bloom on it. I also was wondering about replanting as I had a long lost friend give me mine and would like to start another one, but all she gave me was a sprig and I stuck it in the ground and it took off, does anybody know what time of year to do that so that it will grow. I have taken cuttings a couple of times to try to start another one and still have not gotten a second one to grow.
I was wondering if anybody out there knew how to get a Mimosa to bloom. I have had one for several (7) years and it is about 12 feet tall and has never had a bloom on it. I also was wondering about replanting as I had a long lost friend give me mine and would like to start another one, but all she gave me was a sprig and I stuck it in the ground and it took off, does anybody know what time of year to do that so that it will grow. I have taken cuttings a couple of times to try to start another one and still have not gotten a second one to grow.
Once that sucker starts blooming (and, at 7 years old, it will soon), you will have all the mimosas you want and then some. And the thing I hate is that it doesn't take long for those seedlings' roots to get really deep and hard to pull up.
My neighbor had one come up right next to the fence on her side and she was letting it grow. Thank goodness the power company hacked it down (it was under the lines). Now, 3 years later, I still have to keep it hacked down every year....still resprouting! (she doesn't care about it anymore, no time to fool with her yard....I don't want it there because it's too close to the crepe myrtles on my side of the fence, which are about 6 feet away from the fence....it would eventually crowd them out.) I pull up every seedling I find. Alas, one came up in the back yard in the middle of a huge photinia bush and was rather large before we even noticed it. My husband insisted on keeping it because he likes them. The do attract butterflies and smell nice. It's positively LOADED with seeds right now. I may be able to convince him to cut it down in a couple of years before it gets absolutely too big, but I doubt it. It's nostalgic for him, and he's really big on nostalgia.
I have 2 here and thought of putting 1 at new property, but due to this forum have found out they are invasive and did some reading.
I've read and found interesting that "Mimosa seeds have impermeable seed coats that allow them to remain dormant for years. One study showed 90% viability after five years; another Albizia species had 33% germination of seeds after 50 years in opend storage"
WOW!! Where did you find this info?
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