You landscape guys

[bob_G]

Can you tell me what kind of tree this is?

 

[Gotcow?]

Is that picture real time?

[bob_G]

35 mins ago, Gotcow? said:

Is that picture real time?

Yes.

[bjb]

Crepe Myrtle

[Bwstriper44]

7 mins ago, bjb said:

Crepe Myrtle

+1

[bob_G]

32 mins ago, bjb said:

Crepe Myrtle

Thank you, now I just have to find who sells them.

[PlumFishing]

9 mins ago, bob_G said:

Thank you, now I just have to find who sells them.

https://crockernurseries.com/crape-myrtle-varieties-for-cape-cod/

[Gotcow?]

4 hours ago, bjb said:

Crepe Myrtle

+2

[JEFFSOD]

 

I recently discovered these too and can tell you Agway was selling them. I believe I saw one at the one in Chatham.

[Steve in Mass]

Yup, they are all over further south, see a ton of them on the lower Delmarva and on the way to OBX. 

 

Not sure how hardy there are up here, though.

 

Edit - Here ya go on hardiness:

Zones:

Varieties for zones 6-10. Some may only be root hardy in zone 6, meaning the roots will survive the winter temperatures, but it's possible that the above-ground branches will die back completely to the ground. If this occurs, new spring growth will emerge from below ground.

 

Edited September 13, 2020 by Steve in Mass

[heyblue34]

Very common tree in eastern Virginia 

[speedwell]

It goes by both names depending on where you are:

" The traditional Southern spelling is "Crepe Myrtle" (because the delicate flowers resemble crepe paper). However, across the US, it is more commonly found as "Crape Myrtle". In Europe and Australia and other countries they use the Scientific Name, Lagerstroemia Crape Myrtle."

[theshadow]

On ‎9‎/‎12‎/‎2020 at 3:43 PM, bjb said:

Crepe Myrtle

Wow! Thanks,the house we bought 3yrs. ago has one in the front yard and I've been trying to figure out what it was.It almost got cut down by the "queen" because it didn't do much and starts to leaf out late spring and bloom in August.Now…..what is the best fertilizer[pruning] and when for this plant? She's brutal when a pair of shears or cutting implement is in[or near] her hands.

Edited September 14, 2020 by theshadow

[bdowning]

Just now, theshadow said:

Wow! Thanks,the house we bought 3yrs. ago has one in the front yard and I've been trying to figure out what it was.It almost got cut down by the "queen" because it didn't do much and starts to leaf out late spring and bloom in August.Now…..what is the best fertilizer and when for this plant? She's brutal when a pair of shears or cutting implement is in[or near] her hands.

Never approach women holding sharp tools. 

[theshadow]

Just now, bdowning said:

Never approach women holding sharp tools. 

We have an "agreement".She stays out of the fly tying/rod shop[vacume cleaner included] and I stay away from the yard except running the lawnmower[she criticizes me on that too].