These are my two crepe myrtle buhes. They have never looked more lovely! They must be happy campers with the rain and sun we've had lately!
Attachment 52281
Attachment 52282
Printable View
These are my two crepe myrtle buhes. They have never looked more lovely! They must be happy campers with the rain and sun we've had lately!
Attachment 52281
Attachment 52282
Just fabulous Jean.. i'm not a garden person,,,, but LOVE the results from those that are willing to do the work....
So pretty! When I renovated my aunties house in CA I took out this huge ficus tree (some tree huggers were mad but it was taking down a wall) and put in crepe myrtles (tree form). The landscaper said wow those are really old school. lol I love them! People walking on the street kept saying wow what a transformation:)
I have one in my yard (bush) It was supposed to be a tree but dh went over it with the lawn mower. lol But it's not doing well. How often do you cut it back?
they are supposed to not be winter hardy here, but these are 6 years old and I always forget to wrap them before hard freezes. This year I just pruned the tips to remove the old seed heads, that got them going big time. This is the earliest they've bloomed and the most prolific with the flowers. They are in full sun all day, that is one thing they really love. I've grown them in the past, they weren't in sun all day. That bush died back each winter and had to start from scratch each year. I love them in Virginia, they are trees and just beautiful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hulamoon
Barb, these are doing well on benign neglect. I'm not a garden person either!Quote:
Originally Posted by GrammaBabs
Is this a special kind of crepe mrytle to grow around here? I've not had any success with these and I love them.
Beautiful Jean! I have the red crape mertle and mine start blooming in late summer early fall.Not sure why so late but I have Rose of Sharon blooming now and even one of my hen and chicks are blooming? I have never seen this happen before. I done some research and it sais it will die once it blooms.Has anybody else seen this? I should post a picture.
Thanks for posting Jean I love flowers!
Thanks Jean. I think I'll cut it back today to get more bushy. Mine is a real dark pink.
[QUOTE=Jean Sewing Machine;351721]These are my two crepe myrtle buhes. They have never looked more lovely! They must be happy campers with the rain and sun we've had lately!
Jean - those are gorgeous. I have some in my yard that have literally become trees, mostly because I would never let my DH prune them. Everyone else's crepe myrtles have been and still are in bloom. Mine never bloom before mid August. Not sure why that happens. We get occasional freezes here but it has not harmed my crepe myrtles. Yours are truly beautiful. Enjoy them while they last!!
They are wonderful!!!
oooh - they are pretty!
Hugs,
Well, I've been missing out! I have had a blue/purple Rose of Sharon and loved it, but I haven't even heard of the Crepe Myrtle. Those are really lovely, I can guess in a tree form that they would be stunning. Up in Washington, in the Olympic Rainforest they have a small Rhodadendron forest, Rhodies in every color of the rainbow that have grown up into huge trees. I've never seen it, but my father has and he told me all about it. Something else on my wish list, of things to see and do. I LOVE flowers. I need to post an album of my flowers to share, they are many more than the quilts I have made to date! Lol.
[QUOTE=Grandma G;351816]these always bloomed late in summer also, but not this year. I guess it is just some quirk of nature, but I'll take it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jean Sewing Machine
Just gorgeous! There are a few around where I live and I just love seeing them in bloom.
We have several that came from the Arbor Day Foundation stick bundles they send when you renew your membership. It just doesn't get hot enough for them to bloom here in Wash. I do like their shape so we have let them just be green shrubs with an airy nature. My grandparents in OK have some lovely ones.
Miss Sheri, The rhodies are beautiful! Make sure you visit in the spring, as that is when most of them are in bloom. There are a few lovely places to stay out there. Let me know when you get to that section of your travel wish list, and I'll see what I can find for you. We've had some wonderful mini-vacations on the Olympic Peninsula.
Someday. . . wishing it were sooner than later. . . because it is just one of the loveliest places on this beautiful earth, don't ya think?!Quote:
Originally Posted by toggpine
My siblings and I used to roll down the car windows as we were crossing from Eastern Wa. to Western Wa. over Steven's Pass and "hand surf" ~ Just letting the silky feel of the air flow over our hands dipping and rising on the air as we entered the western side of the Cascades. I think I gained my love of flowers from the Rhodedendrons that grew in our yard when I was a little girl.
Oh Jean these are beautiful!
Yes, we have three beautiful ones in the front yard that have been there for longer than I have been alive. Two dark pink and one white. Benign neglect is all they ever get, except pruned back when they get too out of hand. Love crape myrtles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jean Sewing Machine
Just now seeing this! Very pretty, Thanks for sharing!
