This is my first. I've often admired the way that the smooth bark looks like a watercolor painting, with blotches of subtly different colors running together.i've thought about crepe myrtles for years...do you have others? how do they do for you or is this your first one?
Cool. I love crepes and am under the impression that they are so named because the flowers are crepe-like. If that isn't the case, what the heck is a "crape" and why is it named that?We've posted a good number of pictures of crape (preferred spelling, I believe -- crepe is a fabric and what they decorate funeral homes with, it also is a confectio that is great with strawberry syrup) myrtle here over the years. Search here on the site and you should find some good info.
Yeah, those couple of twigs I left are really too long, but the new red leaves are so pretty I wanted to keep a couple for the moment!Nice to see bud break on yours. I think the crepe's are the last thing to leaf out down here, besides of course pecan trees(which are the first to lose and last to gain leaves here). Just now starting to see the native maples leaf out.
Good, because whether I intend to or not, that's what I'm dishing out!One thing about Crape myrtle is they can take a heck of a lot of abuse.
I'll post a photo of one of mine tonight but remember this; 9 months ago it was about 8 feet tall..Good, because whether I intend to or not, that's what I'm dishing out!
AgreedLooks nice! Deaf varieties are a little less hardy, just and fyi if you get a dawrf variety
I've shouted obscenities at my crapes while working on them and they act like they don't hear a thing. They must be a deaf variety.LOL stupid auto correct and fat fingers