Jun 22
2010
Everything’s Growing in the Garden
About a month ago I shared a photo of my rustic mimosa tree trellis for the cucumbers. I fashioned the trellis from the trunks of mimosas from a few of the trees he had chopped down a couple of weeks before. I was hoping they would look just rustic once they were covered with the cucumber vines. I didn’t expect them to grow!
Unfortunately, they are. They are sprouting everywhere. They’re sunk about two feet into the soil and now covered with cucumber vines, so I’m not inclined to hoist them up mid-summer. But pulling them up is definitely on the to-do list for fall cleanup.
Trust me. Although mimosas are rather pretty trees with charming fan-shaped pink flowers, they are extremely invasive. We have a grove of them—and many more volunteers—to prove it.
June 22nd, 2010 at 7:01 pm
OMG, that is too funny! How are your Cypress Vines doing? I didn’t plant any this year, but they’re coming up all over the place! LOL
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June 22nd, 2010 at 7:08 pm
How can you not love plants? Last year I used green apple twigs as stakes and markers in my garden. I deliberately set them tree-side-down out of curiosity: would they grow? Several sprouted leaves and looked healthy through the growing season, but none survived the winter.
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June 22nd, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Robin, that should be wonderful as a trellis.~~Dee
June 22nd, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I wonder if coating the limbs in varnish would be enough to stop them sprouting? It’s always the weeds that are so resilient.
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June 22nd, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Robin how do your orange lilies stay so neat looking? Mine are beautiful but raggedy!
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June 22nd, 2010 at 9:31 pm
I had no idea mimosa limbs would do that. A unique trellis for sure.
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June 22nd, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Wow, can’t believe they sprouted leaves!
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June 23rd, 2010 at 7:16 am
An interesting development. The unexpected is intriguing.
June 24th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Might I suggest you keep the garden mimosas to the alcoholic variety?
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August 5th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
That’s simply amazing, I hope you’ll get a chance to post a follow up pic at the end of the season. I bet the cucumbers are going to be confused ;)