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Gardening

Major Nikon

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7. I have a few types of crepe myrtles

Reply to GoDawgs (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 10:59 AM

Aug 2016

As far as I'm concerned, Natchez is hands down the best of any of them. There are some that produce more colorful and showy flowers for longer periods, but none of these have the perfect form and attractive trunk the Natchez gets from the Japanese varietal part of its taxonomy.

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Natchez crepe myrtles look good GoDawgs Aug 2016 #5

I have a few types of crepe myrtles Major Nikon Aug 2016 #7

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