Mimosa pruning

[Derakhte Mazda]

Dear All,

 

from my research mimosas hate a hard prune and if pruned should be done after flowers in april. This seems to be the general consensus however i found an article saying they can be copiced or pollarded. Conflicting.

 

There is a very large mimosa growing over in to a neighbours garden. The only way to prune it is to cut it back quite hard. They also want it asap so they can do some planting. 

 

If it is cut back hard say november time will likely survive?

[nepia]

A friend here in Surrey had to hack his Mimosa every few years as a means of control - the thing was rampant.  And he was on heavy clay.

So I doubt a hard cut will stop it but I wouldn't recommend November; late March or April would sound more sensible to me - when the weather's improving, not going downhill.

[Derakhte Mazda]

Thanks dor tour advice

[maria warwick]

I have a mimosa to work on in Leamington , but will be leaving it until March/April....

[nepia]

The only references online that I can find re this are US ones so beware the months given but... one entry says 'prune early to avoid missing spring or summer flowering'.

So perhaps February would be a more sensible time so that the growth can get away in March/April in a typical spring (if such a thing exists any more).

 

But if you're a long way from the sea (Leamington = Leamington Spa? - about as far from the sea as you can get!) maybe delay so as to avoid late frosts.