Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Planting Mimo

When we moved to our new house 2 years ago, we thought it would be great to have a Mimosa tree in the backyard.  A Mimosa tree has very unique leaves and gets the best pink, powder-puff like blooms.  It is also a great shade tree.

So we went to different nurseries hoping to find a Mimosa tree to plant.  To our surprise, a Mimosa tree was very hard to come by and the few we did find were very expensive.  After a year and a half of searching, we walked by a Mimosa tree while walking the pugs and noticed tons of seed packets laying on the ground.  We picked up a few and thought we would try our hand at growing a Mimosa tree from a seed.

We didn’t get our hopes up, so we were more than thrilled when about two weeks after we planted the seeds, we had a little baby Mimosa tree

After the seed sprouted, we have been keeping a close eye on it and transferring it to bigger and bigger pots.  Each time we transplanted it, we crossed our fingers and hoped that we didn’t kill the little tree.  Last weekend, Mimo was ready for a new pot and we decided that instead of getting a bigger pot it was time to plant her in the backyard.  So, we picked the perfect spot for Mimo with the help of Benjamin, Henry & Luna.

They were very eager to help and pleased to have something new in the yard that they can go potty on.  Lets just hope that Mimo can hold up to her frequent waterings!