Mimosa Tree Bonsai Pruning

A healthy tree should have no problem coping with pruning up to 1 3 of the trees foliage.

Mimosa tree bonsai pruning. Flowers are white with a white base looking like white pom poms and are self fertilizing which is a rather neat tree feature. In the tropics you can repot any time of year. Mimosa creates large amounts of leaf litter blossom falls and seed pods and cause a lot of gutter problems throughout the growing season if not cut back. That being said mimosa has many favorable qualities.

Cut branches that have born flowers back lightly. They can be reduced by frequent pruning. It takes root pruning equally well. Repot spring through summer in most areas.

A rose by any other name the tree that is most often used in mimosa bonsai has the latin name albizia julibrissin. It is native to china and over the years has developed more than one common name making it hard to know what variety of tree is truly being discussed. Pruning thick branches will result in creating ugly scars on the tree but by using a special concave cutter you will reduce this effect significantly because of the indentation it makes when cutting off the branch. You may need to water this plant more frequently than some of your other bonsai.

These usually shoot out at ground level and they ll weaken the rest of the tree. A mimosa bonsai can bloom throughout the year. Examine the silk mimosa tree before it produces new growth in late winter or early spring. First the fast growth as mentioned means that the branches and trunk thicken quickly allowing the tree to develop taper faster than other species.

With a pole saw cut back to a strong fork in the branch or all the way back to the main trunk if necessary. As soon as they appear on the trunk pinch suckers off. Inspect the tree for unwanted limbs growing along the lower trunk. Cut limbs beyond your reach with the pole pruner to either shape the mimosa or to remove dead or damaged limbs.

Remove these limbs with the pruning shears by. Tropical mimosa bonsai roots can fill up a container quickly. Next they can handle being harshly pruned back in the early spring. Pruning of the mimosa tree takes place after the blooming because if you cut the tree in winter you won t have a single flower.

Even then it takes some effort to style. Root prune at least once a year twice if necessary. How to prune a mimosa tree step 1. A common name is the silk tree mimosa by artist nam toan.

It takes about four months after the plant flowers for the long flattened pods to mature and loosen its seeds. Prune mimosa limbs overhanging roofs in late winter when the tree is dormant. Albizia can be a bit of a challenge for bonsai mainly because of its often large compound leaves.