It’s Myrtle Time
July 25, 2023
We’ve reached that part of the summer where the Crepe Myrtles are ablaze all over town. We’re down to about two (I think) on our property, where we once had about thirteen! It’s not that I don’t love them.. but when we leveled our back yard and replanted the whole back and most of the front, we just ended up planting new things (like Chinese pistache, ginkgo, redbud, numerous fruit, and a strawberry tree, among other shrubs and such). We have volunteer myrtles all over the back, but we’re not letting them take over.
Anyway… the two that remain are in our front yard, north side of the driveway and the tippy top limbs have finally got the sun they need to burst… and here comes the lavender (my favorite of all the myrtle colors):
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