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greenfreak
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Crape Myrtle [pic]
I've been waiting to get a good picture of this... This is a Crape Myrtle 'Natchez' that my neighbor has:
Beautiful, isn't it? As if that wasn't enough, the bark peels off and this is what it looks like in winter:
(picture from davesgarden.com)
Jen, how is yours doing? Anyone else have a Crape Myrtle that's blooming right now?
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Posted 7/17/10 8:58 PM  |
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
My inlaws just planted a Myrtle tree its only 5.5 feet right now suppoed t grow up to 20 ft....it supposed to bloom fushcia colored flowers, cant wait to see it.
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| Posted 7/18/10 1:02 AM |
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MrsKS
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
beautiful!!
how often do they bloom?
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| Posted 7/18/10 1:08 AM |
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BsMomma2014
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
that is lovely!
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| Posted 7/18/10 8:43 AM |
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JldDolphin
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Jen
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
Trish, your neighbors is gorgeous.
Ours is just about bloom.....the whole tree this year. Since we trimmed it up in the early early Spring, it looks awesome so far this year. We have a couple of blooms at the very top already and it looks like every branch this year has a bloom ready to go very very soon. I'll have to take pics of it for you. It's going to look gorgeous this year. So happy we pruned it the way we did. 
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| Posted 7/18/10 12:14 PM |
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Alexandra17
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
I want one so bad..I might go to Bayberry nursery and get one..I have this disgusting weed filled area that would love it there
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| Posted 7/18/10 1:24 PM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
Can't wait to see it Jen! I'm glad you risked the pruning. It's funny, I used to be afraid to prune things, and now sometimes I *over* prune. I'm going to be cutting all the spent flowers off my Hydrangea soon. Not because I have to, because I want to.
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| Posted 7/18/10 5:30 PM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
Posted by greenfreak
Can't wait to see it Jen! I'm glad you risked the pruning. It's funny, I used to be afraid to prune things, and now sometimes I *over* prune. I'm going to be cutting all the spent flowers off my Hydrangea soon. Not because I have to, because I want to.
OK, here are the pics! I'm so glad we pruned, because the closer I looked when I was taking these pictures, the more and more that I saw that every branch will have flowers on it this year. It's going to be gorgeous! I'll take more pics when it blooms. I think I'm going to prune my Hydrangea's soon too. I haven't pruned them in three years, so I think I'm going to do it this year and see if the bush gets bigger next year and maybe producers more too. When is the latest you can prune Hydrandeas? August or September?
Close up of the top
See all those little buds just waiting to bloom?
Here is the Hydrandea I need to prune
Close up
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| Posted 7/18/10 9:37 PM |
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NewlyMrs
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
BEAUTIFUL!
They are my favorite part about NC. They are everywhere here. We have a bunch on our property that we planted. They typically bloom when you get to consistent 90s.
We don't get cold enough for the bark peeling in the winter, that's really pretty!!!!!
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| Posted 7/18/10 9:40 PM |
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MrsM-6-7-08
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
I have 2 of them, i will take couple of photo's and post, the flowers are pink!
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| Posted 7/19/10 8:49 AM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
Thanks for the pics Jen!
I usually don't prune my Hydrangeas after August. Since they also have cottony scale, I'm going to cut the spent flowers now, give it a little boost so it's not putting any energy into the flowerheads.
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| Posted 7/19/10 9:33 AM |
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LisaI
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
We have a good amount of them around the property. A row of white and some fushica and purples ones as well. There are different types of myrtles from trees to bushes. We love them. Here they last from May-November. Kind of smell a little like a lilac too.
ETA: you shoud prune them back in the winter. We do ours every Feb. cut above the nuckle. It depends on how you want them to grow where you want to cut them.
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| Posted 7/19/10 9:38 AM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
Posted by greenfreak
Thanks for the pics Jen!
I usually don't prune my Hydrangeas after August. Since they also have cottony scale, I'm going to cut the spent flowers now, give it a little boost so it's not putting any energy into the flowerheads.
ok, so in a few weeks I guess I'm going to prune my Hydrangea.  The flowerheads are doing that change color thing right now and I love the green and pink colors, but they are on their way out for sure.
Did you see that we took the Weeping Cherry down finally?  It was gross. It had Cottony Scale all over it and it just wasn't healthy looking. And it came down so easy too. I was pushing on it and that is all it took to get it out of the ground. Poor tree. The previous owners just didn't take care of anything really. But I think taking it down really helped out the other plants in that area. Next are the evergreen bushes in the front of the bed. Then the Japanese Maple can breath better too.
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| Posted 7/19/10 9:42 AM |
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DRMom
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
Posted by NewlyMrs
BEAUTIFUL!
They are my favorite part about NC. They are everywhere here. We have a bunch on our property that we planted. They typically bloom when you get to consistent 90s.
We don't get cold enough for the bark peeling in the winter, that's really pretty!!!!!
I also live in NC and I have two crape myrtles. One is purple and one is pink
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| Posted 7/19/10 9:44 AM |
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Erica
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
Mine is blooming, but I did some pruning, b/c it's way too tall (passed my second story windows - it's reight in front of the house) I could really reach it well, so I cut off alot. Once the flowers are done, I'm going to resume hacking
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| Posted 7/19/10 3:02 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Crape Myrtle [pic]
I now know what the tree is that is blooming!! thanks for posting this. I haven't looked at it all that much because I had no clue what it was.
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| Posted 7/19/10 3:55 PM |
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