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Outdoor Life

elleng

(136,043 posts) Fri Jul 19, 2024, 06:41 PM Jul 2024

Crape myrtles popping up ALL AROUND! plus

neighbor guys setting up to FLY!

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Crape myrtles popping up ALL AROUND! plus (Original Post) elleng Jul 2024 OP

They have been amazing this year in Central Texas. efhmc Jul 2024 #1

The ones around here (central TX) grow like crazy. TwilightZone Jul 2024 #2

I now have three of those in my front yard Shermann Jul 2024 #3

efhmc

(15,005 posts)

1. They have been amazing this year in Central Texas.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2024, 06:46 PM

Jul 2024

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)

2. The ones around here (central TX) grow like crazy.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2024, 06:47 PM

Jul 2024

Our neighbor cut his down to about seven feet last fall. It's 15-20 feet tall now.

Builders here plant them right next to the houses and they get into water lines, etc. Not a lot of planning going on there!

Shermann

(8,636 posts)

3. I now have three of those in my front yard

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2024, 06:49 PM

Jul 2024

I have one massive white flowering one that is too close to the house and was pruned last year, it is pretty much back to where it was. It is unstoppable.

I have another medium sized pink one that has had some rot but hangs in there year after year.

A third pink one took root last year and I let it grow. It is growing like gangbusters.

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