There's a great picture of a mimosa (Silk Tree) bonsai in the book Four Seasons of Bonsai by Kyuzo Murata for inspiration. The book is available at Stone Lantern, Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com
(Great Inspirational Pictures). I collected three little trees growing wild near a track in my area and I've also sown seeds to see if I could get plants in the spring. In the winter the tree drops it's foliage and seed pods and looks dead, but it's a beauty in spring, summer and into fall. We have a lot of them here in San Jose. The mimosa in nature reminds me of a tree growing on the plains of Africa. As you can tell I love them. I also love oaks, elms, redwoods, maples, pines ... TREES!!!
