urban yamadori

[M. Frary]

Who's doing the lawn care around there? Mr. Magoo?

 

[jriddell88]

Who's doing the lawn care around there? Mr. Magoo?

It's growing up through the chain link fence. Normally people weed wack the fence edge.

 

[M. Frary]

Ahhh....
How tough will it be to get it from under the fence? I know nothing of these trees but collecting intrigues me.

 

[jriddell88]

Ahhh....
How tough will it be to get it from under the fence? I know nothing of these trees but collecting intrigues me.

The only way would be to make a few cuts at the bottom of the fencing .the base of the trunk is growing on my side of the property and is growing into the little old lady's property.

 

[ColinFraser]

Is anyone familiar with "silk trees" or mimosa trees

Albizia julibrissin

There are a few really big ones around my house and I just found one growing in the fence behind the garbage cans. It's about two foot tall. I pinched the top off of it when I took out the trash and have been considering digging it up. I've only seen one that has been bonsai'd . A guy in Florida had it for sale but it was like 600 bucks. Not quite sure if they were the same. They have some pretty attractive pink puffy flowers that last a long time in the growing season. Anyone have any experience with them? This one will get hit by the mower or weedeater before it's over so I figured I'd give it a shot

Large compound leaves make it a difficult subject for bonsai, especially a small one.

 

[jriddell88]

That is the only thing I'm concerned about. Could be a interesting experiment . They apparently grow pretty rapidly so I may just leave it in the ground and chop chop chop for a few years see what happens . If it seems like it could have potential I'll dig it if not I'm just enjoy watching it grow big they are beautiful landscape trees