Definitely looks like crepe myrtle. We have dozens of them around here.
When they bloom, they can be white, red-ish, pink, or purple. They grow
pretty fast also.
-Rae in NC

"Ken123" wrote in message
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"John McGaw" wrote in message
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Ken123 wrote:
From northeastern Texas....

Once upon a time they were carefully trimmed shrubs or hedges around
this
house before I bought it. But the house sat empty with little attention
for
a couple of years. Now they are trying to take over the yard, and I need
to
research ways to get rid of most of them.

Can anyone tell me what kind of growth this is:

http://pages.suddenlink.net/ken/brush.jpg

Some have little buds, other don't. Otherwise they seem to be the same.






Looks like some sort of crepe myrtle of which there are probably 50
different varieties. Compare the leaves in this picture
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/lain8.htm to yours and see what you
think.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

That might be it...strong resemblance.