On Tuesday we finally planted our crapes! Four 5-foot "Lipan" crape myrtles, purchased for $20 each in 3-gal containers, a pretty good bargain given their height. We were prepared for them to look pretty small next to the house -- their eventual height should be a maximum of 15 feet and they are supposed to bloom from mid-July through mid-September, though we've seen a couple crapes in our area already tricked into blooming right now by the warm weather. We're supposed to water them once a week for the next few months to help them get established and plan to run a hose behind them for minisprinklers.
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