Appreciating the Crepe Myrtle
When we first started house-hunting in Santa Rosa seven years ago, Mama fell in love with the abundance of bright, beautiful Crepe Myrtle trees lining many streets here. For her […]
The Crepe Myrtle are blooming early!
Mama fell in love with Crepe Myrtle trees when we moved to Santa Rosa and spotted these colorful beauties all over town. We planted two in our front yard and […]
Cone of flowers
Our Crepe Myrtle trees are bursting into bloom, the branches weighed down by these glorious cones of flowers. The brilliant pink blossoms brighten our front yard and bring us endless […]
First Crepe Myrtle blooms
Our Crepe Myrtle trees have finally started to bloom! Only a few of the round, cranberry-like buds have burst open at this point, but we are so thrilled the explosion […]
Crepe myrtle flowers are coming
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was discovering flower buds on our Crepe Myrtle trees! We are so eager for them to blossom! What was your #OneGoodThing today? Please share in the comments! […]
Last of the crepe myrtle
This year’s crepe myrtle season was brief, blooming late and staying only a short while. Most of the flowers are dead and gone, but this one glorious cluster still brightens […]
It’s Crepe Myrtle Time!
Our Crepe Myrtle trees are now in full, vibrant bloom. We look forward to this explosion of color brightening our front yard all year, and the time is finally here! […]
First flower on Mama’s tree
Today’s #OneGoodThing was the very first blossom appearing on Mama’s favorite tree — our crepe myrtle! We are so eager for this tree to be exploding with color! Day 191 of 365. […]
Myrtle’s first pruning
We planted two Crepe Myrtle trees in our front yard in Mama’s honor a couple of years ago, but today was the first time we’ve ever pruned them. We couldn’t […]
Mama in the glory of her tree
When we first moved to Santa Rosa three years ago, Mama fell in love with the brilliantly colored crepe myrtle trees that line many streets here. For her first birthday […]
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