Comments on: This beautiful specimen is my crape myrtle

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:20:55 +0000

Barry, we’re posting this well late, and it’s possible your crapes have succumbed to the elements. Your plants need to be in well-amended soil and NOT watered daily. Keep newly planted plants moist for the first couple of weeks and then let them dry out a bit so they get about an inch of water a week. Good luck.

By: Barry P

Barry P — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:06:43 +0000

I just planted 3 new Crapes 2 weeks ago. 1 of them looked awful the day after I purchased it, and that is the day I put it in the ground. It has gotten worse and worse, it actually looks like your first picture up there now, almost all the leaves have fallen off. The other 2 are hanging in there, the leaves are wilting slightly but I am watering them daily. Do you think the first one is going to make it? It is alot of red clay here in the SC area, but I mixed it with some potting material and mushroom compost.

By: tc2

tc2 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:38:31 +0000

did the ol beauty finally leaf out? If so post an updated pic. I have 3 dynamites that just now fully leafed…and its almost July!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:37:05 +0000

Here in the Houston area, the crapes are beautiful! I wrote about them in my blog complete with photos (http://susansternberg.wordpress.com). Love your photo of what’s to come; I’ve never seen that color crape in our neck of the woods.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:43:16 +0000

I will tell you my crepe myrtle story…I have two of these plants I bought last year in the Fall (a Razzle Dazzle and Siren Red). I planted, mulched, watered and checked on them during the winter months. As Spring arrived, I thought they were dead. I left them where they were but after the weather warmed up I was convinced that they were gone and pulled them right out of the ground and put them in the compost heap. Last week, I was getting ready to turn the compost when I noticed that the crepe myrtles were putting out shoots. I was so excited! I immediately replanted them and they are doing fantastic.

By: Ken in Gaithersburg, MD

Ken in Gaithersburg, MD — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:17:36 +0000

Wow, it looks just like our crepe myrtle, but now its a month later and we’re still waiting for it to bud out. It’s been rainy and grey, and now that the trees have leaves, it only gets sun a little more than half a day. I guess we’ll just keep waiting.

By: Marcia

Marcia — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:35:47 +0000

Thank you – we have several crepe myrtle plants that are greening up and budding out. A few others – look dead or only have some green growth coming out. But it has been a cool spring and we’re in Missouri – we’ll wait before replacing them They are gorgeous and worth waiting for!

By: Tina in Ohio

Tina in Ohio — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:41:29 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this information! I was about to scrap my sorry little zuni crepe and replace it with a dogwood. I still may move it to a sunnier location, though; it didn’t flower last year. Can crepe myrtles be easily moved, or should I not risk it?
Tina