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- My Crape Myrtles - Mike October 5, 2009, 21:44:54
- Re: My Crape Myrtles - lk October 5, 2009, 22:59:46
- Re: My Crape Myrtles - Joe K October 11, 2009, 13:37:39
- Re: My Crape Myrtles - Ron (DE Zone 7a) October 13, 2009, 6:59:57
- Re: My Crape Myrtles - Mike October 13, 2009, 18:16:09
- Re: My Crape Myrtles - Steve, N.J., 7-a October 13, 2009, 21:11:23
- Re: My Crape Myrtles - Steve, N.J., 7-a October 13, 2009, 21:11:23
- Re: My Crape Myrtles - Mike October 13, 2009, 18:16:09
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Posted by Mike
on October 5, 2009, 21:44:54
I thought I'd share with anyone interested some photos of my crape myrtles. I absolutely adore them and own close to 127 diffierent varieties. I live way up in northern New Jersey, and have to spend quite a bit of time protecting them here in the fall. I actually put down a heavy dose of mulch right from the get-go, then in fall I add another dose of pine straw (believe it or not, the roots haven't rotted by doing this, and I think it's because the ground is very dry up here). I then wrap the plants themselves with burlap (some hve to be covered with "plankets" that are too large), those that I can I actually I then cover with plastic garbage cans or paint buckets, or I'll burlap around bamboo stakes around an already wrapped plant again. I've had mine for either 2 or 3 years now and we're a cold zone 6. Out of 127 or so varieties, I believe I haven't had more than 5 completely cut down to the ground (2 of those were the "Orlando & Crape Myrtlette" varieties as they aren't either very root or plant hardy). I'll try harder this fall with those again. I also realize that I'll be lucky to get some of these half of their normal size, but here's some proof that a lot of work sometimes goes a long way. And yes, after reading some other posts, many of mine as well this season bloomed very late. The majority of mine grew foliage, but did not bloom at al this season, but here are some that did... I was also able to score a couple "harder to get" varieties such as "AMERICA" and "MONTPELIER". Neither bloomed this year but the Montpelier is unique because it was taken right off the James Madison estate in Virginia. This is not a recognized cultivar name, but the people there swear that it is it's own variety. It can supposedly grow to 40 feet with "dusty pink" blooms. I'm also having success growing Lagerstroemia Speciosa, Lagersroemia Floribunda, Lagerstroemia Archeriana & Loudonii indoors. Alot of these blooming crapes in the photos did not bloom as well this year as they have the previous, but I think it's due to the crummy weather. http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=c1c951672a8f5e1c&sid=9AZM2rdm4bsae
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