Hi. I have a few seeds if your interested.. Shannon

I have seed pods for Pink Mimosa Tree. The tree from which I collected the pods is no taller than 10 ft. It is quite beautiful in summer, covered in pink pom-poms. Wikipedia says that "the sweet-scented flowers are a good nectar source for honeybees and butterflies" You can see many photos here: http://tinyurl.com/9ubvbl4 Please let me know what you may be offering to trade. Thank you

Krycek1984, I want to address a few points brought up in your post. First, there's really need for more personal attacks. There were enough of those already in this thread. While I sometimes disagree with iforgotitsonevermind, she certainly isn't generally ignorant, and even when she and I see things in almost totally opposite ways, I don't think she tries to be arrogant. Maybe she gets a little over excited, but don't well all. Iforgotitsonevermind's concern was not whether mimosa is currently considered an invasive pest in the area, but whether it had the potential to be in the near future. Your assurance that it "will not become an invasive species unless global warming goes crazy", falls short of convincing me. As I said above, I'm not convinced that it will ever become a problem, but your assertion, that it's not even close, doesn't convince me the other way, either, and seems to be based more on feeling than proof. Your question about who cares if you plant Bradford pears can have many answers including a number of invasive plant groups (which are concerned about their damage to the environment in many areas), neighbors (who worry about the trees falling over the property line onto their car, producing a foul smell, or making the neighborhood ugly when they fall apart at an early age), and those that want to share information they've learned from their mistakes or observations.

If you're interested, I've got a couple of these in my yard and it produces LOTS of seed pods. I can send a bunch of seeds for you to try and germinate if you'd like... I also get lots of volunteers in the yard too - one sprouted a about 3 years ago next to the garage in my North side yard where there's NO supplemental water and little direct sun and it's 15ft tall now. They grow very fast from seed. My "main" tree is on the south side of my house and gets full sun and some supplemental water (not much). It has been there since I've owned the house (7 years or so) and it has a great umbrella canopy about 20-25ft tall. It's just about to start blooming, the hummingbirds love it!