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What kind of crape myrtle is this?
Posted on 6/14/19 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 6/14/19 at 6:11 pm
I’ve never seen one with Spanish Moss hanging from it. Beautiful.
This post was edited on 6/14/19 at 6:12 pm
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 8:35 pm to pwejr88
I hate crepe myrtle. I’m about to go Texas chainsaw massacre on the 6 of them on my property.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 9:12 pm to pwejr88
I believe that is Watermelon
Posted on 6/14/19 at 10:26 pm to Lou the Jew from LSU
Yeah but where does the Spanish Moss come from?
Posted on 6/14/19 at 11:17 pm to pwejr88
Some get them and I’ve always heard them referred to as swamp myrtles. It is I believe lichen and if it gets to heavy you can remove some. This is not the same as the moss balls.
I don’t know what causes it but around me it is sought out and I really like the look.
I don’t know what causes it but around me it is sought out and I really like the look.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 11:34 pm to pwejr88
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Yeah but where does the Spanish Moss come from?
They probably just transplant/hung it on the trees from somewhere else.
This post was edited on 6/14/19 at 11:36 pm
Posted on 6/14/19 at 11:41 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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I hate crepe myrtle. I’m about to go Texas chainsaw massacre on the 6 of them on my property.
If your car isnt parked under one, I dont see the problem.
Unless you are a psycho that cant have flowers on your lawn for any period of time.
This post was edited on 6/14/19 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 6/15/19 at 12:35 am to pwejr88
I believe that's Tuscarora.
Posted on 6/15/19 at 1:15 am to pwejr88
It's a nice one, one that hasn't been crape murdered.
If you leave them growing out in your yard, they can become quite large and provide a good bit of shade.
If you leave them growing out in your yard, they can become quite large and provide a good bit of shade.
Posted on 6/15/19 at 4:01 am to fightin tigers
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They probably just transplant/hung it on the trees from somewhere else.
Posted on 6/15/19 at 6:39 am to East Coast Band
quote:I just laughed and walked away from the power company white guys a year or so ago. The Mexican crew that went through a few years earlier understood and left them alone.
It's a nice one, one that hasn't been crape murdered.
If you leave them growing out in your yard, they can become quite large and provide a good bit of shade.
Sure the line of crepe myrtles on both sides of the driveway were right under the power line and only about 2 feet from touching the line...Grandmother planted them there 20 years before the power line was installed! The trees are 70 years old, they ain't getting any taller.
Posted on 6/15/19 at 7:03 am to FightingTigers138
I only have hand shears so 1/6 murdered before I get a chainsaw.
Posted on 6/15/19 at 8:48 am to Perfect Circle
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I believe that's Tuscarora.
I think you are correct. I have 2 Tuscarora crape myrtles
Posted on 6/15/19 at 8:57 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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only have hand shears so 1/6 murdered before I get a chainsaw.
Just be forewarned, you’ll be cutting crape myrtle shoots for the next decade from those stumps and roots - I speak from personal experience and my stumps were ground up. 
Posted on 6/15/19 at 8:58 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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I only have hand shears so 1/6 murdered before I get a chainsaw.
That one is planted too close to house.
Posted on 6/15/19 at 9:48 am to Nativebullet
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That one is planted too close to house.
I've seen river birches planted that close to a house.LOL
Posted on 6/15/19 at 4:17 pm to Nativebullet
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That one is planted too close to house.
That’s why I’m taking it out.
Posted on 6/15/19 at 5:24 pm to CrawDude
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Just be forewarned, you’ll be cutting crape myrtle shoots for the next decade from those stumps and roots - I speak from personal experience and my stumps were ground up
Just top w/ a little of this and your problem will be solved
Posted on 6/15/19 at 6:04 pm to 91TIGER
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Just top w/ a little of this and your problem will be solved
Yep your right - the herbicide ole Bama Harvey Updike killed Auburn’s large oak trees at Toomers Corner.
Posted on 6/15/19 at 8:55 pm to CrawDude
I did the molasses trick and it worked on mine. No shoots, dead stump!
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