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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
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I have never been a fan of them.
Not because I dont like them but because they are done to death here in Texas. Well that all changed this summer when I went to Home Depot. I saw this small bush like thing in a pot. It had red flowers and the darkest leaves I have ever seen. I had to know what this critter was so I slowly crept up on it thinking it might take legs and run off. I looked at the tag and to my surprise it was a crape myrtle. ![]() This crape myrtle, not mine but one like it. ![]() It is one called Black Diamond Best Red that goes by another name, Ebony. The Black diamond and Ebony series are one and the same. Well anyway I fell in love with this plant. I needed something to offset the green I have in the yard and this was it. A very dark purple semi dwarf tree was just the ticket. The critter is doing well so today I bought another one for the hole a dead rosemary left in the ground. One thing I always liked about Crape Myrtles is they are the cactus of trees here. Some folks down the street never and I mean never water. What do they have in their front yard? You guessed it Crape Myrtles. ![]() Worth |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Ontario
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Very cool plant!
Please tell me that you won't commit Crepe Murder in the spring. Linda |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I can promise you if I were to rule the world there would be a prison built to house crape murderers. ![]() It would not only house these folks but also people that cant keep roundup in their own yards. ![]() Redemption would be to learn how to trim trees. ![]() Worth |
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I lived in Louisiana & Florida for over 35 years, and I think Crepe Myrtles are just beautiful. I wish they would grow here in WA, but they won't. In the South the next most beautiful was Azaleas, especially in North Louisiana.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: SeTx
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I love those colors. I'm attempting to grow a red-leafed hibiscus and a red-leafed dahlia this year. Love how the dark red/purple looks against regular green plants and chartreuse plants.
I bought a crape years ago, it was supposed to be "white chocolate" (white flowers, dark leaves). It turned out to be an entirely ordinary purple flowered one. Our "local nursery" sucks -- "all plants HALF OFF!" almost all the time, incredibly overpriced the rest of the time. Nothing from the ad ever in stock. It's the J. C. Penney's of the plant-selling world. I don't water mine, I don't prune it, it does just fine. Much like the Dr. Huey rose I ended up with (from the same nursery) I don't particularly like it but it grows so I hate to cut it down! |
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