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Crepe Myrtles in front of my house
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:07 am
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:07 am
I bought my house a few years ago, older neighborhood, built in 1948.
The previous owner for some reason planted crepe myrtles along the street. Thinking of taking them out and sodding to the edge of the road. Also have talked to DOT and they will take out the tree I have marked as #1.
The crepe myrtles look a heck of a lot better than when I bought the house, but still....do I want trees in front of my house? The oak tree provides a nice canopy over the road, but I can't get grass under it...should I take it out?
The previous owner for some reason planted crepe myrtles along the street. Thinking of taking them out and sodding to the edge of the road. Also have talked to DOT and they will take out the tree I have marked as #1.
The crepe myrtles look a heck of a lot better than when I bought the house, but still....do I want trees in front of my house? The oak tree provides a nice canopy over the road, but I can't get grass under it...should I take it out?
This post was edited on 5/6/16 at 11:08 am
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Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:07 am to CidCock
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:08 am to CidCock
Leave the Oak for sure.. Wait..Which ones are the Crepe Myrtles???B/c if those sprigletts on the right are it, those are the ugliest variety I've ever seen and they should be dug up and burned..
This post was edited on 5/6/16 at 11:18 am
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:08 am to Phil A Sheo
and just deal with no grass?
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:08 am to CidCock
Keep the shade tree.
This post was edited on 5/6/16 at 11:10 am
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:09 am to CidCock
Do what you need to do. We don't care.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:09 am to CidCock
Just move to Shreveport.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:10 am to Count Chocula
Now that Ive seen the pic, chop down those raggedy arse bushes while you're at it.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:10 am to CidCock
Definitely keep the oak
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:11 am to Count Chocula
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Now that Ive seen the pic, chop down those raggedy arse bushes while you're at it.
Done, this is streetview. I've done a good bit
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:12 am to CidCock
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and just deal with no grass?
You could surround the base of the Oak in Monkey grass..
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:12 am to CidCock
Those are crappy crepe myrtles. Crappy placement and crappy pruning.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:12 am to CidCock
Those smaller ones look out of place and cheapen your house a bit. I wouldn't hesitate to remove them.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:13 am to CidCock
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Crepe Myrtles
I'm personally more of a fan of Pancake Myrtles.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:14 am to dmndrs
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Those are crappy crepe myrtles. Crappy placement and crappy pruning.
I have pruned them and they look a lot better now, but I agree.
I am not on a main road that needs some protection.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:16 am to CidCock
I've been cutting a lot of my oaks bc of the grass issues and also bc I'm tired of cutting around them. I've had a few large and several small oaks.
What color blooms do the crepe myrtles have? They definitely need to be thinned. White cm's develop into nice umbrella shapes, provide shade, but don't kill the grass
pink and red cm's have very nice blooms. Pinks look better when kept semi small but reds look better when kept at medium size.
What color blooms do the crepe myrtles have? They definitely need to be thinned. White cm's develop into nice umbrella shapes, provide shade, but don't kill the grass
pink and red cm's have very nice blooms. Pinks look better when kept semi small but reds look better when kept at medium size.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:17 am to CidCock
If you decide to keep them, I would take out every other one.
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:22 am to CidCock
If you do take that big tree out, you probably still won't get enough sun light (depends) to properly grow them. Plus your yard isn't that big, so it would be best to just sod it up. Although, you may be able to put them in the back yard or something.
Crepe Myrtles are bad arse and they are very abundant where I live. In fact I just saw a guy the other day trying to cut grass under one with his riding mower.
Dude got trapped under the limb and his mower kept going. He was getting pushed back in his seat, but I was already driving by and didn't see how it played out.
Crepe Myrtles are bad arse and they are very abundant where I live. In fact I just saw a guy the other day trying to cut grass under one with his riding mower.
Dude got trapped under the limb and his mower kept going. He was getting pushed back in his seat, but I was already driving by and didn't see how it played out. Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:23 am to dmndrs
This was from last spring, the ones on the left don't grow as well bc of shade
Posted on 5/6/16 at 11:25 am to CidCock
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The crepe myrtles look a heck of a lot better than when I bought the house
Good god, I'd have hate to have seen them before
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