This crepe myrtle is ~5 years old. It started out as a twig with a root sent from the Arbor Foundation. #flowers #CoSoPhotography
@poemblaze Lovely! How tall is it?
Against the odds, I planted one here. It's a dark red leaf with close to that color blooms. I'm half a zone too cold but cannot wait 20 years (or even 10 years) to change that zone... if It gets close to it's lower temp limit I'm going to set up a heat lamp or something...
@TrueBloodNet About 8-10 feet? Not good at judging those things.
@poemblaze Oh that's good enough. Mine was 1' when planted and is about 18" in 1 season so I was wondering how big it might get in 5 years.
@TrueBloodNet There are so many varieties. Some are bushes, some are shorter trees, some are tall.
@poemblaze Ahhh OK I didn't realize there were so many sizes. Thanks
@TrueBloodNet I didn't know until I got mine and read up. I still don't know what this specific variety is.
@poemblaze Mine is 'Center Stage' Pink. Supposed to get 6-12 ft. That's a wide range LOL 6 is easily covered. 12'? Not so much 🤷🏻♀️
@TrueBloodNet I've been trying to find a variety name that looks like mine, but I'm not sure.
@poemblaze Do you remember where you bought it?
@TrueBloodNet A friend got an assortment of about 20 different tiny saplings from the arbor foundation as a thank you for filling out a survey. Started asking others if they wanted any. The crepe myrtle is the only one to survive here. So I don't know specifics.
@TrueBloodNet I just read there's a variety of crepe myrtle that can grow 50 feet tall and wide!
@poemblaze Looks like this one to me: Pink Velour Crapemyrtle
https://shop.arborday.org/pink-velour-crapemyrtle-2
Only one they've ever offered in that color range.
@poemblaze They also offered this pink but it's not the same color flower and the leaf color is different. So I'd say it's the other variety.
https://shop-preview5.arborday.org/sioux-crapemyrtle
@poemblaze Tracking down stuff is my hobby. LOL YVW
@TrueBloodNet Mine too. I like research. Especially genealogy.
@TrueBloodNet This does look closer. And it grows in this latitude.
@poemblaze Here's something I found hilarious. One of my friends does landscaping. He's a good guy but he's not quite as knowledgeable as I am in some areas and it ruffles his feathers. Anyway, When I planted the CM earlier this year, he didn't acknowledge it on FB. Then about 6 weeks later he announces he got a CM since we're 1/2 a zone warmer now. So I posted a pic of mine in the ground on his post along w ways to protect it in the cold and he totally ignored it. Egos man.. LOL
@TrueBloodNet Maybe 7? With one eye I have little depth perception, so measurements are iffy.
Both are correct, but you won't see crape myrtle in the south.
https://treenewal.com/crape-myrtle-vs-crepe-myrtle-which-spelling-is-correct/
@Agatha TY. I'll stick with crepe.
I've seen it called Crape Myrtle or Crepe Myrtle. I think the first spelling is more "correct" but seems wrong.