i have some seeds that i picked up from under a tree and i would like to have some mimosas in my yard but i don't know how to start the seed
thanks lyn
2007-01-20 09:25:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The other three told you exactly right. Oh yes, it'll be easy to grow. But be warned: a mimosa will take over - forever!
Yes, they are gorgeously graceful. They have a magnificent bloom; and when in bloom, they are not only fragrant, but they "rain". You can stand under a decent-sized one when it's in bloom and feel the dew drop.
HoWeVer, I offer a strong word of caution against planting this tree in one's yard [unless you live on 100 acres, and plant the tree way off in the distance in the branch] - a word of caution that I did not heed. When I bought my house, there were 3 mimosas in the yard and I loved them [for all the reasons mentioned above]. An old lady neighbor friend who had grown up here, told me in no uncertain terms, "Get rid of that tree; you'll be sorry..." I sluffed her comment off, and went about my merry way, enjoying my trees.
Sure enuf, her words proved absolutely true. The trees grew by volumes, and so sprouted dozens of others every time I turned around. The tree's roots stay fairly close to the ground and spread out a great distance, sending up sprouts eVerYWHeRe! Not just thin, little delicate sprouts: big ones! Tons of them! I mean, a real maintenance nightmare.
It may have taken me a couple of years to get the message, but I finally cut them down. The largest one was about 15-20 feet high. They have soft bark and I actually used a pruning/hand saw. But this is the thing: over two weeks after felling it - completely severed at the base of the trunk, lying on the ground - it was still growing; sprouting and growing on every branch!
And the worst part: That was 15 yrs ago, and I still get mimosas sprouting up in the yard, from the original tree's roots in the ground.
Believe me, I still appreciate the tree for its grace and beauty, but only at a distance. Never again in my yard. I know this may be disappointing to hear, but I couldn't help but give you what I've learned from experience.
2007-01-20 14:19:31 · answer #1 · answered by NoTlazidazi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where you people live, but I live in CT and I've been trying to get a cutting of my neighbors tree to grow for 5 yrs. not so easy or prolific here in the northeast
2014-11-15 08:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by Janice L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait till about March or early April and place the seed in soil outside, you can start them in a pot and then transplant in the fall after frost. Easy to grow, they do like full sun.
2007-01-21 18:25:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just plant about 1/4 inch below the soil they grow like weeds. I have them coming up all over my yard from the neighbors tree
2007-01-20 18:05:24 · answer #4 · answered by aussie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mimosa is on the invasive plant list in many states( maybe all). We had one now we have 1000s difficult to get rid of.
2014-04-14 16:57:22 · answer #5 · answered by MICHAEL S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put in water and wait for it to sprout,thenplant it in the ground
once you do it will spread all over.A friend of mine had two she bought for her home that was all now she has 25 around her
house one thing about them when they bloom they give off
the most wondrous fragance,lovely they are.
2007-01-20 19:50:34 · answer #6 · answered by bananasplit1744 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just use a potting soil-- but let me warn you- they grow big- quick and they will drop seeds everywhere the wind blows them-- and they will grow - easily everywhere- I have to pull them up all the time- they are pretty, but spread to easily for my little yard---
2007-01-20 17:32:02 · answer #7 · answered by drox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋