Mimosa Seeds - Sensitive Plant

70-80 days. Mimosa pudica. Sensitive Plant Mimosa Seeds. Non-GMO, Annual (tender perennial). Sensitive Plant mimosas guarantee one of the most interactive, playful, and entertaining blooms you'll ever grow.

Sensitive Plant seeds grow neat shrubby mimosas bursting with delicate 1-inch pink "pompom" blooms, whose leaves are known worldwide to be seismonastic (responding to physical touch and movement).

Sensitive Plant mimosa thrives in a diverse variety of humid gardens, and its nectar-rich blooms will keep your vegetables and crops healthy and abundant with important pollinators well into the summer.

Popular houseplant with medium to high light.

Latin Name: Mimosa pudica

Hardiness Zone: Perennial in zones 10, 11, 12; annual zones 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Days to Maturity:2nd-year maturity

Days to Germination: 5-10

Seeding Depth: 0.25 inches

Plant Spacing: 15 inches

Row Spacing: 24 inches

Plant Height: 12-14 inches

Plant Width: 12-15 inches

Growth Habit:Shrubby upright with most of the foliage at the base of the plant.

Soil Preference:Mimosa prefers acidic to neutral pH soil that is well-draining and loamy.

Temperature Preference: 65-75 F

Light Preference: Full sun to part shade.

Pests and Diseases:Mimosa is susceptible to spider mites and the mimosa webworm, which are each noticeable because the leaves will close and retract from the contact and/or webbing of the insects; can be susceptible to leaf spots, mold, and stem rot.

Sensitive Plant Mimosa Color:Delicate pink to purple pom-pom flowers and deep green foliage. Brown stems.

Easy/Hard: Hard

Direct Sow: No

Start Indoors: Yes, 8-10 weeks before transplanting

Growing Non-GMO Sensitive Plant Mimosa Flower Seeds For earliest blooms, begin Sensitive Plant mimosa seeds indoors 8-10 weeks before the final frost date. Seeds will quickly germinate in 5-10 days with full lighting and, once germinated, move to fluorescent grow light until two sets of true leaves have developed.

Transplant seedlings to an indoor container or pot and harden off if transplanting outside. Mimosa seeds can also be sown directly once the frost has passed. Sensitive Plant mimosa thrives in well-drained soil.

Plants will benefit from partial shade during severe summers and are not tolerant of arid gardens prone to drought conditions. Mimosa seeds require scarification before planting. This means that the seed coating needs to be nicked or scraped to trigger the germination process. The easiest way to accomplish this is to take some high-grit sandpaper and gently scrape each seed before planting it.

Be careful to only scrape the seed coating and not the inside at all. Mimosa is used to growing in low-nutrient soils in its native lands. There is no need to fertilize unless the leaves look yellow.

Water when the soil dries. It does not do well with overly wet soil. Sensitive Plant Mimosa in the Flower Garden Sensitive Plant mimosa seeds are a perfect grow for adding a brush of grace to window boxes, rock gardens, hanging baskets, or keeping anywhere guests or children can touch and watch the leaves recoil right before their eyes. They can even be a ground cover in mild climates! Indoor Use of Sensitive Plant Mimosa Sensitive Plants make wonderful houseplants for any growing zone. Provide them with at least 8 hours of sunlight each day. If the leaves do not appear to be opening during the day, this means that the plant is not receiving enough light.

Water sparingly in the winter. The humidity of most homes is sufficient. If your home is on the drier side, run a humidifier nearby. About Sensitive Plant Mimosa Garden Seeds Prune your sensitive plant regularly to keep it full and bushy. Pruning can allow you to train it into more of a bush, a climbing plant, or a trailing plant. Prune any time of the year. Mimosa, AKA Sensitive Plant is an internationally famous plant because it is seismonastic (responds to physical touch and movements) and at night, the leaves will also fold and bend in reaction to the darkness.

It is said that, at night, the leaves assume a folded or sleeping posture. When the plant is touched or in response to applying heat, the leaves can move very rapidly, and the plant can snap its leaves shut.

But too much heat and pressure will cause the leaf to wilt altogether. Mimosa pudica, is native to the warm perennial tropics of South and Central America but has been found thriving in similar climates in the South Pacific and United States. Stories From Our Gardeners

"One of my first real horticultural failures in school was getting Sensitive Plant seeds to germinate. I nicked the seed coating too much and damaged the seed! But don’t worry; be gentle and know that once germinated, these are very easy to care for."

Sensitive Plant Mimosa Seeds Per Package:

1 g Packet 0.25 oz - Wholesale 1 oz - Wholesale 4 oz - Bulk Seeds

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