Crape Myrtle Bloom

This is a crape myrtle I propagated from seed produced by my trees. I have a tall white tree plus other trees of 5 different colors. Nothing under 8 feet. I have never seen the horizontal growth this one shows. I have another one of a purple color that displays ground hugging habit that is lower than this one pictured.

Sometimes during the day I have day dreams of grander about breeding a tree worth patenting and marketing.

Does anyone think they would they would take one home if they saw it in a nursery?

If this is inappropriate I will edit it to blanks if so.

Another view. Still a lot of buds left to open.

That is an unusual form and I suppose if one needed a creeping crape myrtle that plant would work well.
Josephine.

Thanks Josephine.

I am enjoying myself playing with the crapes, that is important to my mental and physical health.

Crape myrtles from seeds are like a box of chocolates.

I keep waiting for the next mutation.

How interesting! How do you get them to grow from seed? I'd like to blanket the whole city with fire engine red crape myrtles! Gosh, I love that color! :)

A Crape groundcover would be very popular.
I am currently working with a Crape relative Luma Apiculata.
It looks just like a crape but has more colorful bark, is evergreen and produces edible fruit that look like Blueberries. They are supposed to taste like Huckleberries.

quilter_gal crape myrtle seeds sprout easily. I have pots sitting under the crapes using the shade. I have volunteers in about all the pots. I normally start them in my GH Jan-Feb, many seeds to the pot, covered to keep the humidity high in the pot. Three to 4 weeks they will start sprouting. I then pick seedlings and transplant a pint container(16 oz styro cup), When weather allows I put them in my sand box in the shade. When I think they are big enough and hardy enough, I stick them the ground or bigger pots. Shade to direct sunlight is a killer. You have to sneak up on the sun. They can be started in the ground. Once started in the ground don't let me loose with the lawn mower. I gave a couple minis flat tops this spring.

PS: Red and green sometimes look different to me, I don't see red like everyone else. Red/green color blind.

This message was edited Jun 28, 2011 7:06 PM

jujubetexas I am just and old hound for huckleberries. I think someone made a cartoon about me.