Goodbye to the Crepe Myrtle in our front yard, after living probably more than fifty years, the house we live in was built in the mid 1950's.
Crepe Myrtle trees live well past 50 years so we assume it was planted sometime after the house was built so could easily have been 60 years old.
Crepe Myrtle trees live well past 50 years so we assume it was planted sometime after the house was built so could easily have been 60 years old.
Two thirds were dead and the rest struggled to produce any flowers or leaves this last summer. So this week we replaced it with a deciduous flowering Ash, a great shade tree that will give shade to the driveway and the front of the house in our hot summers but let sunshine and light in in our chilly winters.
The wood from the Crepe Myrtle will make fine firewood for the wood fired pizza oven this friday evening. Hmmm pizza - http://wfrblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/hmmm-pizza.html
The new
The old
In situ
