I heard something in the back yard

It was my Crepe Myrtle saying "enough already"
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Now that's pretty! I've been putting off planting some crepe myrtles for 10 years. What time of the year is best for planting anyway?

Late fall is best. Usually around middle of Feburary to mid March. I try to plant fruit trees after the first frost. This year, I had tomatoes in the gound by mid March.

I've got a couple of red ones beside my driveway. Rain water surely makes them lean over when they are blooming.

I have 9 of them the same color as EZ has.....I like them as the grow very fast and are very hearty. You can keep them pruned and cut back everyyear and keep them as a large shrub or you can let them go and they will become trees. I have been pruneing mine every Feb and keeping it about the size of EZ's but my wife wants me to let them go and really get big. One of my neighbors did that with his and they look great.

Got two in my backyard and they're getting out of hand. Planted too close to the house and want to rub against the house when the wind gets up, and yes I cut them back. They're nice tho.

Once you plant them you better like them! They are darn near impossible to get rid of. Dig em up, and new ones shoot up from the broken roots, can't even kill them with roundup.

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Originally Posted by majflyboy

Got two in my backyard and they're getting out of hand. Planted too close to the house and want to rub against the house when the wind gets up, and yes I cut them back. They're nice tho.

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Me to, I got four of em next to the house must be 25-30' tall now. One on each corner. It'll take a chain saw to tame those things.

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Originally Posted by feelay

Once you plant them you better like them! They are darn near impossible to get rid of. Dig em up, and new ones shoot up from the broken roots, can't even kill them with roundup.

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Tordon will kill them

IF YOU WANT TO KILL THE STUMPS. Cut the things down when the sap starts to go down in the fall. Put glyphosate (Roundup) on the stump full strength with a paint brush. It will not come back in the spring.

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Originally Posted by willsjwills

IF YOU WANT TO KILL THE STUMPS. Cut the things down when the sap starts to go down in the fall. Put glyphosate (Roundup) on the stump full strength with a paint brush. It will not come back in the spring.

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You can do that with 2-4-D also....it will go down and kill all of the roots. You need to do it right after you cut them....don't put it off for a few days because the cambium layer must still be alive on top to carry the herbacide down to the roots.....if it starts to dry out on the cut stump then it will not be able to do this.

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Originally Posted by E-Z Poleholder

It was my Crepe Myrtle saying "enough already"
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Now that is truly GORGEOUS!!!!!!!