Q.Mimosa Ombrella Tree M, Albizzia Julibrissis
Hello i just bought mimosa ombrella tree, albizzia julibrissis , in pot from nurseries, she now grooving from shrank like an bush with few brunches from the bottom and not as a tree what was before, because something was happens to her in the nurseries…? so they cut her top off but now not growing as tree as before, now from old branch growing from the bottom few brunches, but i like have growing her as tree not bush, and having flowers? Can you please help me?
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If you don't want a multi-stemmed tree, which many mimosas are, you can remove the extra canes at the base. Select the healthiest looking stem and remove the others. You may need to limit how many your remove at one time. Here is more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/shgen/pruning-a-shrub-into-a-tree.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/mimosa/chocolate-mimosa-trees.htm