Not sure if you’re familiar with crape myrtles, but I have them on both corners of my house and I am about to have a crape murder. The one hanging over my driveway drives me insane with the staining it has done to my concrete. Between the leaves it’s dropping now, the flowers it just dropped, and the pods it wears me out. I blow my driveway at least once a week and it still has my concrete looking like a hot mess.

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Posted by OneAyedJack

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Member since Sep 2019

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Posted on 8/16/20 at 11:57 am to BeerThirty

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Not sure if you’re familiar with crape myrtles, but I have them on both corners of my house and I am about to have a crape murder. The one hanging over my driveway drives me insane with the staining it has done to my concrete. Between the leaves it’s dropping now, the flowers it just dropped, and the pods it wears me out. I blow my driveway at least once a week and it still has my concrete looking like a hot mess.

What kind of tree would you recommend at the corner of the house that will look nice but not be a pain?

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Posted by F73ME

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Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:43 am to BeerThirty

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Not sure if you’re familiar with crape myrtles, but I have them on both corners of my house and I am about to have a crape murder. The one hanging over my driveway drives me insane with the staining it has done to my concrete. Between the leaves it’s dropping now, the flowers it just dropped, and the pods it wears me out. I blow my driveway at least once a week and it still has my concrete looking like a hot mess.

Just had a myrtle removed, was tired of the flower petals dropping on my truck. Figured long term it would probably damage the paint.

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