| Author | Content |
| Kelli Los Angeles (Canoga Park), CA Zone 10a March 24, 2003 | The mimosa tree provides a shady and relatively humid spot for my "jungle". Common name: Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Family: Fabaceae Genus: Albizia Species julibrissin Plant Link: [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com]
|
| rootdoctor Hartselle, AL Zone 6a March 24, 2003 | Very Nice Kelli,what are the stripped leaves,a canna? |
| Kelli Los Angeles (Canoga Park), CA Zone 10a March 24, 2003 | It is a varigated ginger, Alpinia zerumbet (not sure of the spelling). |
| rootdoctor Hartselle, AL Zone 6a March 24, 2003 | That was going to be my next guess,very nice,all of it is!My Silk tree is going to be 3 this year,hope to see a bloom,and can't wait for it to look a good as yours. Bob |
| woodspirit1 Lake Toxaway, NC Zone 7a June 7, 2003 | I have always loved mimosa trees, but I wonder if there is a variety that does not die off after reaching maturity? isn't there some fungus or virus that kills them? When I lived in Savannah, there was a double column of them running down the middle of a street. I think it was called Habersham or Abercorm Street. They all died the same year. |
| Kelli Los Angeles (Canoga Park), CA Zone 10a June 9, 2003 | I've not heard of a disease that kills them. Maybe we don't have that out here. The trees are prone to heart rot. Whoever lived here before us cut back the tree severely and this allowed it to rot inside. (The tree is planted right under where the powerlines go to the house. You have to wonder about some people sometimes.) The heartwood is all rotted now and eventually we will have a hollow tree. The tree just keeps plugging along, though. The heartwood in a tree is always dead. It provides structural support but isn't necessary for the day to day life of the tree. We lost a big branch in a windstorm a few years ago, but since then, nothing else has happened and we get 50 and 60 mph winds here every fall. I wouldn't hang anything heavy in the tree or want a kid to climb in it. |
| donnacat24 twelve mile, IN Zone 5a July 9, 2003 | i live in northern indiana. will my mimosa tree survive winter? |
| Kelli Los Angeles (Canoga Park), CA Zone 10a July 10, 2003 | They are considered hardy to zone 7. |
