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Crape Myrtle - Peppermint
Crape Myrtle are easy to grow and if they are used for hedges, plant them 4 ot 5 feet apart. The Peppermint Crape Myrtle is ideally suited for formal or informal design in the home landscape, street plantings and community plantings. Use it by driveways, walkways and especially below high decks and balconies for a view of the spectacular flower show that appears over the crown of this plant. After flowers fade and fall from the tree, fruit remains in the form of small brown capsules. Crape myrtle leaves are oval and 1 to 2 inches long; they are bronze-colored when they first unfold in the spring and become yellow before falling late in autumn. It can be planted as a specimen or in groups, and looks attractive when underplanted with a ground cover. The Peppermint Crape Myrtle, 'Lagerstroemia indica "Nana", is a semi-dwarf shrub with peppermint pink blossoms. These fruits remain throughout the winter providing winter interest along with the attractive, exfoliating bark which peels away to expose a trunk which ranges in color from many handsome shades of brown to gray. Large clusters of pink flowers appear on the tips of new branches beginning in early summer and continue into fall. ... find out more
Texas Red Oak The bark is thick with scaly ridges separated by deep, dark fissures. They are moderately fast growing for a hard wood tree. The Texas red oak may also be found as a multi-trunked specimen in the wild. The Texas Red Oak, 'Quercus buckleyi' is also known as Spanish Oak, Spotted Oak, Red Oak, and Rock Oak. The Texas Red Oak develops a rather typical shape and form for the species, with a dense rounded canopy. This medium sized tree may achieve a height of 30 feet or more and an equal spread. |
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