I've been told - repeatedly - that patience is a virtue. I can't claim that it's one I possess to any great degree but I'm working on it. Some plants in my garden test my patience, like the peonies that fail to bloom year after year. However, I haven't pulled them, at least not yet. My mimosa tree (Albizia julibrissin) tests my patience too. In mid-April I posted a Wednesday Vignette showing the first leaves on the tree after the major surgery we subjected it to last December. In earlier years, it's had full leaf coverage as early as late April but, after my initial excitement about its first leaves, it's been slow going again this year. To be fair, we've had an unusually cool spring, which may have contributed to the delay.
So perhaps the major surgery that involved removing half the multi-trunked tree was successful in halting the damage done by the shot hole borer beetles. Fewer branches should also mean less debris to clean up when this notoriously messy tree sheds both leaves and flowers later in the season. Patience - it provides perspective.
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| While the leaves close to the tree's base are fully developed, the leaves in the upper canopy have been slow to unfurl |
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| But the good news is that almost all the branches have at least some leaves, which I wasn't able to say last year |
So perhaps the major surgery that involved removing half the multi-trunked tree was successful in halting the damage done by the shot hole borer beetles. Fewer branches should also mean less debris to clean up when this notoriously messy tree sheds both leaves and flowers later in the season. Patience - it provides perspective.
For more Wednesday Vignettes, visit Anna at Flutter & Hum.
All material © 2012-2019 by Kris Peterson for Late to the Garden Party