- How big can a mimosa get?
- Grow mimosa as a bonsai
- Mimosas are difficult to cut back
- Mimosas are difficult to overwinter
Mimosas belong to the butterfly bloomers that are grown as houseplants. With good care and an optimal location, they can reach a considerable size despite their delicate leaves. However, caring for a mimosa requires a certain amount of expertise.
As houseplants, mimosa can grow up to half a meter high
How big can a mimosa get?
If the mimosa gets the right care and if it is in a favorable location, it can reach the considerable size of 50 centimeters. This is not necessarily to be expected with the delicate feathery leaves.
Unfortunately, only very few mimosas as houseplants get optimal care, so that they usually remain smaller or even die quickly.
For most flower lovers, it is not worth keeping a mimosa perennial, so indoor plants are thrown away after a year.
Grow mimosa as a bonsai
Experienced bonsai gardeners take on the challenge of growing mimosa as bonsai, although the plants generally do not grow very tall.
Only real experts can breed mimosas as bonsai, since the plant does not tolerate pruning well and is not easy to overwinter.
Mimosas are difficult to cut back
Already in the first year, mimosas develop a bulky growth that does not look so decorative. In the second year, the plants can look very unkempt. However, since they are not easy to cut, it is not worthwhile for most hobby gardeners to care for them for several years. Therefore, most mimosas grown indoors do not reach their final size.
You must not cut young mimosas at all if you want the plant to survive. With older specimens, a pruning can be successful. Often, however, pruning causes the mimosa to die.
Mimosas are difficult to overwinter
The biggest difficulty in caring for mimosa is wintering. The not hardy plant is grown all year round in warm temperatures. In winter, there is usually a lack of light in our latitudes and the humidity is usually not sufficient either.
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There are around 500 different types of mimosa. However, only one species is used for indoor culture, Mimosa pudica. It bears pink-purple flowers that look a bit like dandelions.