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title: "Good Morning everyone! I have a Mimosa that is into its 3rd Summer.…"
description: "Good Morning everyone! I have a Mimosa that is into its 3rd Summer. It looks healthy and it has thick branches. Last summer it grew to almost 6 ft tall. Well…"
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author: "Tommy"
published: "2026-08-09T13:59:04.300287Z"
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# Good Morning everyone! I have a Mimosa that is into its 3rd Summer.…

_Posted by Tommy on 2026-08-09_

Good Morning everyone!  
I have a Mimosa that is into its 3rd Summer. It looks healthy and it has thick branches.

Last summer it grew to almost 6 ft tall. Well last winter the deer during Rutting Season the Bucks were scraping there antlers on the plant. Unfortunately it killed the upper part of the tree. I scraped some bark off a little to see if there was any green and healthy above the damage but there was nothing.

So I decided which may have been the wrong idea but I trimmed it to about 2 inches below the damage. Well I was expecting it to shoot up again this summer but instead it grew out. Still looking good just 3 ft tall and 3 ft around

Question should I cut or trim it back this winter or just leave it alone? I love the flowers that it puts out but I’m afraid it won’t produce if I keep cutting it back. Thank you in advance!

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