Thursday, August 1, 2013

Crape Myrtles, At Last!

Several years ago we planted three crape myrtles covered in gorgeous fuchsia blooms in a small raised bed at the top of our walk. 

They've hardly bloomed since. 

Last year I even carried buckets of water up the hill to water them in the hottest, driest part of the summer to coax them. 

No luck.

So this year I decided to ignore them. 

And look what happened...






Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. 
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


13 comments:

  1. Patience indeed! It was worth the wait I'd say. They're beautiful.

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  2. Lovely! (I just hate the hard little husk things they leave on the ground)

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  3. Wonderful light in the third photo though they are all beautiful.

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  4. I guess sometimes, some things are better left on themselves ;-)

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  5. These are beautiful, Barbara, and what a wonderful color!

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  6. mine have really struggled since the drought 2 years ago. i really thought i was losing them, but a friend suggested putting some soaking horse manure around them and into the ground. that helped perk them up, and i did get blooms this year, but they're still struggling. i water them in the worst of the heat, but i'm wondering if i'm creating shallow roots or something. so many others around here are bursting with healthy blooms!

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  7. beeeeeeeautiful.
    you kept them alive and they do the rest...
    I always tell my clients this rule of thumb for perennials:
    the first year they sleep,
    the second year they creep,
    the third year they leap!
    I love that about patience:)
    -Jennifer

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  8. I met two crape myrtles in a row.

    They must be very hot in the net currently.

    Have a weekend.

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  9. Oh so pretty!! I've never seen those before. Lovely.
    xo Catherine

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  10. That darned virtuous patience is always strutting her stuff, isn't she? She did a fine job of rewarding you though.. and you did a fine job of planting and photographing the results.

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  11. love these blooms .. along upper Broadway we have crepe myrtle planted and they always look so lovely .. my husband calls them crap myrtle ;)

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  12. I have had the very same experience; mine are blooming this year too....

    This particular color is beautiful and I love the light and angles of your shots.....

    I am new to your blog and finding to be very lovely......

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  13. Well Barbara,
    Your watering paid off. Such gorgeous blooms. We have had almost too much rain this season and a lot of my flowers are not blooming like usual. Oh well. Always next year, God willing.

    Charlotte

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