For many months, I've been happily tending two little mimosa-looking plants that I dug up in the back yard. It's time to plant! Or not.... I think they're the INVASIVE mimosa from Asia (Albizia julibrissin), which is listed on the Texas Invasives website. Sad face.
James is waiting nearby for the execution go-ahead.
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Well, phooey! I have several small acacia/mimosa looking volunteers that pop up each year in a back bed - bird planted perhaps. I never catch them in flower (they certainly aren't putting on any showy post-flower fringing) and only ever see a few seed pods. They aren't spreading much, don't get very big, and one of these days I'm going to figure out what they are. But the leaves remind me of teeny tiny mimosa trees (which I grew up loving before they were declared enemies of the state!).
There are a lot of native plants with similar leaves. What should a person look for to decide it is invasive?
Debra, I guess you just have to be somewhat knowledgeable about what's what. Or go online and search if you don't know what you have. There is a mimosa tree in the neighborhood so that's how these two got in our yard. Mimosa trees are lovely but not "from here." I didn't realize they were "invasive" until I looked online. Too bad!
Darn. I was hoping you had a magic eight ball you could loan out. I really like the native mimosas and I have a sapling that looks like one growing here. I guess I won't know what it is until it reaches a flowering age ....
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