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.
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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
.-= Kylee from Our Little Acre´s last blog ..Throw a Garden Party! =-.
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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Robin, that should be wonderful as a trellis.~~Dee
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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Robin how do your orange lilies stay so neat looking? Mine are beautiful but raggedy!
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I had no idea mimosa limbs would do that. A unique trellis for sure.
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Wow, can’t believe they sprouted leaves!
.-= meemsnyc´s last blog ..Little surprise! =-.
An interesting development. The unexpected is intriguing.
Might I suggest you keep the garden mimosas to the alcoholic variety?
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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 😉