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crape myrtle is happy in zone 7 - MD and VA
"Paul Paulsen" wrote in message news:SBwLc.156006$Oq2.59956@attbi_s52... On recent drives to Mountain Home, Arkansas and to the Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park I saw some beautiful plants which I had not seen before. 1) The first one seemed to be some type of locust tree with numerous pink or light purple blossoms. Some were very large and others almost looked like a bush. These seemed common along the roadsides. 2) The second were even more pretty with large clumps of blossoms at the ends of each branch. Colors? I saw white, pink, red, deep red, and purple. One of the locals said this was myrtle. Please let me know what these were and what the typical growing zones are for plants. Thanks in advance. Paul Northern IL |
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"Paul Paulsen" wrote in message news:SBwLc.156006$Oq2.59956@attbi_s52...
On recent drives to Mountain Home, Arkansas and to the Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park I saw some beautiful plants which I had not seen before. 1) The first one seemed to be some type of locust tree with numerous pink or light purple blossoms. Some were very large and others almost looked like a bush. These seemed common along the roadsides. 2) The second were even more pretty with large clumps of blossoms at the ends of each branch. Colors? I saw white, pink, red, deep red, and purple. One of the locals said this was myrtle. Please let me know what these were and what the typical growing zones are for plants. Thanks in advance. Paul Northern IL (1) My first thought was locust, but they are a spring bloomer. I'd guess mimosa, since they are an early summer bloomer. (2) Crepe myrtle. They come in all the colors you mentioned, come in full size (15-20 ft), semi-dwarf (10-12 ft.), and dwarf (6-10 ft.) They bloom mid summer on new growth so they are usually pruned back in February. They are easily started from seed, but usually bought as started plants. In zones 8 & 9 the seed heads can be dead headed and you can usually get a second blooming in early fall. Bob S. |
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On recent drives to Mountain Home, Arkansas and to the Great Smoky Mountains
Nat'l Park I saw some beautiful plants which I had not seen before. 1) The first one seemed to be some type of locust tree with numerous pink or light purple blossoms. Some were very large and others almost looked like a bush. These seemed common along the roadsides. 2) The second were even more pretty with large clumps of blossoms at the ends of each branch. Colors? I saw white, pink, red, deep red, and purple. One of the locals said this was myrtle. Please let me know what these were and what the typical growing zones are for plants. Thanks in advance. Paul Northern IL |
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Paul Paulsen wrote:
On recent drives to Mountain Home, Arkansas and to the Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park I saw some beautiful plants which I had not seen before. 1) The first one seemed to be some type of locust tree with numerous pink or light purple blossoms. Some were very large and others almost looked like a bush. These seemed common along the roadsides. 2) The second were even more pretty with large clumps of blossoms at the ends of each branch. Colors? I saw white, pink, red, deep red, and purple. One of the locals said this was myrtle. Please let me know what these were and what the typical growing zones are for plants. Thanks in advance. Paul Northern IL It probably was a locust -- my guess is Robinia viscosa, or "clammy locust". The other might have been mountain laurels or rhodedendrons. Best regards, Bob |
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"Paul Paulsen" wrote in message news:SBwLc.156006$Oq2.59956@attbi_s52... On recent drives to Mountain Home, Arkansas and to the Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park I saw some beautiful plants which I had not seen before. 1) The first one seemed to be some type of locust tree with numerous pink or light purple blossoms. Some were very large and others almost looked like a bush. These seemed common along the roadsides. This could have been mimosa trees: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1764/ Cheers, Sue -- Zone 6, South-central PA |
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"Paul Paulsen" wrote in message news:SBwLc.156006$Oq2.59956@attbi_s52... On recent drives to Mountain Home, Arkansas and to the Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park I saw some beautiful plants which I had not seen before. 1) The first one seemed to be some type of locust tree with numerous pink or light purple blossoms. Some were very large and others almost looked like a bush. These seemed common along the roadsides. 2) The second were even more pretty with large clumps of blossoms at the ends of each branch. Colors? I saw white, pink, red, deep red, and purple. One of the locals said this was myrtle. Please let me know what these were and what the typical growing zones are for plants. Thanks in advance. Paul Northern IL Paul, Not sure about your first entry but #2 would be a crape (crepe) myrtle. What I know about them is that there are shrub varieties and tree varieties. I am a (temporarily) transplanted Yankee living in Virginia so don't know much about them but do agree with you that they are pretty. Lynn |
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