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[LoveAndTrust]

So I stopped at my gas station yesterday and a wild mimosa appeared! lmao. Anyways, Just looked very similar to some people's plants on here and I want to learn more about identifying plants in the southeast usa. Can anyone tell me if it's a mimosa variation? I also have some bonus pics of the plants I was about to rip out of the ground to make room for new plants. Some looked kind of neat but some are just weeds, lol. If anyone wants to help me learn to ID these plants that'd be great! Thanks!

[plantlight]

Guessing,  need more features like flowers, seeds, etc but:

Invasive
m1 &2 -- Albizia julibrissin

common landscaping plants
q2 -- Cleyera japonica
q4 --  Liriope muscari Variegata

weeds
q1 -- Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)
q3 -- Fatoua villosa (crab weed)
q5 -- Parthenocissus quinquefolia. (Virginia creeper)

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[LoveAndTrust]

Guessing,  need more features like flowers, seeds, etc but:

Invasive
m1 &2 -- Albizia julibrissin

common landscaping plants
q2 -- Cleyera japonica
q4 --  Liriope muscari Variegata

weeds
q1 -- Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)
q3 -- Fatoua villosa (crab weed)
q5 -- Parthenocissus quinquefolia. (Virginia creeper)

Ok, cool! Thanks for the info!

[JMZ]

I'm in Georgia, I think I have every one of those in my yard. The mimosas here are total weeds, but they can look really cool if they are given enough space and light. For some reason, I don't think they live very long, but they are quickly replaced by others.

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[LoveAndTrust]

I'm in Georgia, I think I have every one of those in my yard. The mimosas here are total weeds, but they can look really cool if they are given enough space and light. For some reason, I don't think they live very long, but they are quickly replaced by others.

Haha, yeah I figured they probably weren't anything super exciting. I just cleared the space but I like that I can look back on what was there before. BTW, I think we have a good portion of users from GA. XD

[Ian Morris]

in NC but my pops let a mimosa weed grow as a feature plant in the front yard and it only lived around 12 years, bye then we had them all over and so did the neighbors.  They are not really that bad, the flower stays attractive for most of the early summer, it has a sweet fragrance, but the thing litters seed pods, leaves, and branches like crazy.

-Ian

[JMZ]

Mocking birds love to eat the pokeweed berries, and then drop purple poop all over your driveway and car, HaHa! A single mimosa can be a beautiful tree, I've seen other people do that here too, Ian. The drawback is that they seem to be one of the last plants to put out fresh foilage in the spring.