Pruning mimosa
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 13:25In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
cut away
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 19:36In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Mimosa resprouts from the base and will put up a new main trunk. If it is left unpruned it can easily blow down in bad weather. Seems indestructible to us in a Mimosa growing area - have courage.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Yes , take courage and prune away. Now is a good time as your tree will have a chance to put on new branches in readiness for next year's flowering. Incidentally I prune ours every year to keep a nice shape and I'm advised by locals to stop it getting too vigorous and heaving up the paving on the terrace! Each year it is a picture.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Thanks everyone for the replies. We will give it a good prune and then cross our fingers.
A
It is so sad to see beautiful trees with broken branches, but like you I tried to repair them, but they still died! I then cut all the branches back, like giving a young child a haircut, and thought I had done something dreadful to it. However, by the time it was full summer, new branches had grown stronger and longer then before! Have courage, cut off the damaged parts, trim up the rest so it does not look too lop-sided, and then wait. Out here, Nature is very quick to repair!