Crape myrtles
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:30 pm
My crape myrtles are blooming. If I lived about 200 miles south of here these would be everywhere, but here it's like finding palm trees in Tennessee.
Here's my favorite. It's a Crape myrtle dynamite. I don't know if it will ever be this tall again. We had 2 winters in a row that never got below 0. I doubt we'll be that fortunate this year.
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And here's my crape myrtle zuni. I was very unimpressed with this one at first because I prefer the lanky c.m.s with large panicles but after seeing this one flower, I've changed my mind.
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I also have a crape myrtle tonto but I think I'm going to wait till next spring to plant it because it's not very big.
Here's my favorite. It's a Crape myrtle dynamite. I don't know if it will ever be this tall again. We had 2 winters in a row that never got below 0. I doubt we'll be that fortunate this year.
<a href="http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/Sprin ... f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh5 ... be170f.jpg" border="0" alt="Crape MyrleDynamite photo Dynamite2_zps87be170f.jpg"/></a>
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And here's my crape myrtle zuni. I was very unimpressed with this one at first because I prefer the lanky c.m.s with large panicles but after seeing this one flower, I've changed my mind.
<a href="http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/Sprin ... f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh5 ... a11bff.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo Zuni2_zpsa4a11bff.jpg"/></a>
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I also have a crape myrtle tonto but I think I'm going to wait till next spring to plant it because it's not very big.