My garden is looking pretty croppy (excuse the misspelling that should be an a instead of an o) So these are the prettiest scenes I could find. This Crepe Myrtle tree was sheared off at ground level around 18 years ago by a speeding car that missed the curve in the street a couple of houses from us, veered across the neighbors yard and right across the tree. They had to get out and untangle the tree from their car, leaving apparently vital bits of the underside of the car stuck in the tree. It is now over 20 feet tall, but that is a guess cause I am not climbing a ladder to measure it and is at least 5 feet taller than it's mate that wasn't sheared off. They would both have more blooms but lost at least half of them to the winds we had last week from Gustav. Out back the pink Morning Glories are still blooming, funny too cause I planted the purple Grampa Ott in that location last year But I thought this was a pretty scene with the vine circling one of my water garden bowls
Your trees are a delight to see, Toni! My, what a story about that car. I'm surprised the poor tree lived after that treatment. Your morning glories are lovely, winding it's way on the supports.
I think it all looks great Toni, despite the hostale heat that has tortured your plants. the pink on the morning glories looks so nice, and it is a good enviroment you have made there. Good energy! The story about the tree is amazing! Just shows you how stubborn texans can be,,,,,,,,,,,(running fast!) j/k!
Your Crepe Myrtle is absolutely gorgeous Toni! It must have been quite a sight to see before Gustav arrived.
Whaddyah mean, "not much"?!! That crepe myrtle is nothing less than spectacular. The morning glories are also looking pretty spiffy. That crepe myrtle is a bush with a remarkable history. It just looks so darn good.
toni...I love those trees and the morning glories...thank you for sharing those pictures...the color of the trees is gorgeous...Sherry
Yep, those trees are gorgeous, thanks all. They are two different shades of pink, the second picture being the darker one. That large one is directly across the yard from the front window and door so the view in late summer to frost is really pretty. Common practice here is a fall ritual called 'Crepe Murder' landscapers and home owners will strip the whole tree of every twig, branch and stem, leaving only the multi-trunks (and you should start doing this when the tree is really young so you can keep it down to a maximum of 5 trunks) then you cut the top of the tree off, straight across horizontal to the ground about 6 feet from the ground. In the spring they have a manicured tree with a few blooms on the top of a skeleton and you have to keep hiring someone to come out on a regular basis to keep the tree trunks stripped of twigs trying to grow naturally. I think it is a ploy of the landscapers/tree trimmers to provide themselves with a steady income cause they sure are not helping the trees.
