Queen's Creep Myrtle

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~ 4 years ago Sep 18, '20 9:49pm

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Queen's Crepe Myrtle

My wife is enjoying her Queen's Crepe Myrtle tree that finally bloomed for the first time this year.

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~ 4 years ago Sep 18, '20 9:54pm

@Joscei : wow, that's really late blooming

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~ 4 years ago Sep 18, '20 9:55pm

@Joscei : pretty!

some of my crepe myrtles are still blooming. I'm just thinking its 2020. They don't know any better!

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~ 4 years ago Sep 18, '20 10:22pm

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@ParksideRes : I probably should have phrased this as 'this year for the first time'. It has been flowering all summer. Amazing that it is continuing to go strong and looks like there still are many more flowers to come this year.

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~ 4 years ago Sep 18, '20 10:58pm

I have about 8 and they all acted really weird this year. Just now giving off blooms but not many. ðŸ˜©

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~ 4 years ago Sep 19, '20 9:23am

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Mine are all still at it, full of blooms. The ones I've never noticed before is my Olive trees, the blooms smell so good. I have them potted on the patio, the breeze makes them smell heavily.

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~ 4 years ago Sep 19, '20 9:45am

@Joscei : Thanks for sharing with us. Those flowers are so pretty! I am so happy just looking at them.

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~ 4 years ago Sep 22, '20 3:58pm

@bap : I have crepe myrtles and they bloom when they want and I will take that. I need the ones by the power lines cut. Will wait until the weather gets better.

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~ 4 years ago Sep 22, '20 4:19pm

@Joscei : I need to go out and see if mine is blooming. It hasn't so far and my hibiscus hasn't bloomed since we had a freeze two years ago. It didn't die but must have gone into shock. Maybe I need to fertilize it? It's growing big but no blooms.

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~ 4 years ago Sep 22, '20 5:19pm

@ladybeachbum :
Hibiscus ðŸŒº need acidic soil. Clip the leaves off, down to bare limbs, sounds crazy but it works. They come back fuller, with the right fertilizer, they will bloom. Lots of sun and good drainage. I would do it in late Spring. The deer ate a friends down to the bare limbs and they grew 2 ft in no time...try it.

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~ 4 years ago Sep 22, '20 5:23pm

@bap : Really? But should I wait? I'm thinking of digging it up and taking it to the beach. Everything grows wonderful there but then I may not have a house to keep it in so better wait. I have orchids constantly blooming there with little attention. My DH was yelling for me to come on Saturday when the tides were beginning to flood and I told him I wasn't leaving until I watered the plants. Who knows how long before they get another drink?

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~ 4 years ago Sep 22, '20 5:27pm

@ladybeachbum :
I'm sure it would do well in sandy soil as well, I always see them growing there. Hope everything is OK with your house.

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~ 4 years ago Sep 22, '20 5:35pm

@bap : I have them inside. The house has glass doors on two sides with glass windows in the peaks so plants never go outside. If something gets sick here, I take it there. There's always aloe growing in case someone gets a sunburn.