Tuesday, July 12, 2011

7/13 Outdoor Wednesday # 131

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It’s too hot here to stay outside for long today. It is 98 degrees with a heat index of 108. I think I am ready for fall (almost). I went out and took some pictures of the crape myrtle blooming in my area. They seem to not mind the heat too much!

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41 comments:

  1. Wow the crape myrtles are beautiful. I always love to see them blooming.

    Jocelyn @
    http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com

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  2. Oops! My title is wrong...Oh well.

    Your crepe myrtle aren't wrong. They are gorgeous.

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  3. Your neighborhood is filled with beautiful flowering trees. I have 3 of the bushes. I have to keep them trimmed back each year, I believe I might have seen a bloom or two the other night. Like you all it is HOT here. Right now temps are in the 100's. Not much outside activity going on. Thanks for hosting each week. hugs ~lynne~

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  4. All your flowering trees are beautiful. Makes me think about going out. But I think if I do it will be to jump in the lake! It's 90 and plenty hot to be int he water. Blessings, Debbie

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  5. Susan, Your white crape myrtle in front of your home are so pretty. I have whites too in my front. I love the pinks in your neighborhood too and next time I plant crape myrtles I want the pinks. I love that CM can take our triple digit temps. Thanks for hosting your lovely meme each week.

    ~Emily
    The French Hutch

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  6. Susan! Just beautiful flowers!

    Thanks for hosting!

    Happy OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY!

    XOXO

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  7. Totally jealous of your crape myrtles from NJ!

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  8. Gorgeous myrtle..thanks for hosting Susan

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  9. Hi Susan! Beautiful trees! I wish my neighborhood looked like that!
    Kelly

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  10. Your crape myrtles are wonderful!
    Thanks for sharing;o)
    ¤ Have a nice and happy day ¤

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  11. Love your crape myrtles! They don't grow in the north and I miss them from my days of living in Maryland. Thank you so much for sharing them.
    Cindy

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  12. Susan,
    Thanks for hosting! The crepe myrtle look beautiful in spite of the heat!
    Just lovely.

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  13. I don't think all the entries show up - after #26 they are all cut off of the right margin...

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  14. The crepe myrtles seem to thrive here in the heat too! They are one of the few things.
    Thanks for hosting.

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  15. I can't imagine heat like that! But your beautiful trees don't seem to mind. They're so pretty! Thanks for hosting and stay cool!
    ~Lynn

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  16. Thank goodness for crape myrtles for adding magnificent color to hot summer days.

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  17. We also have crape myrtles, i just posted before this our tall crape myrtles which are endemic in these country, maybe the parents of your hybrid crape myrtles. But those white ones are so beautiful, we dont have that yet.

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  18. Beautiful crepe myrtles. I love all the colors! Our weather here is glorious right now. Mid 70's with a light breeze but I can really sympathize with you. I was on the east coast for a little over two weeks and the heat and humidity were insane! My daughter said it's gotten even warmer since I left. Stay indoors and try try to stay cool!

    Robin

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  19. They are gorgeous. They do like heat, and don't do as well in our cool Pacific Northwest. Oh well, you can ripen tomatoes really well in that heat!

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  20. Beautiful photos. Love the crape myrtles.

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  21. Beautiful home and flowers! It is way too hot here in Georgia! Have a blessed day!

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  22. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a crape myrtle in person, but I know what to look for now.. so pretty!! Stay cool from the heat and thank you for hosting this fun get together!

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  23. Crape myrtles are so pretty and I haven't even noticed if mine is blooming , in my back yard

    this heat is a killer 115 heat index here yesterday

    thanks for the outside tour

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  24. Hi Susan, I have posted about my three blooming ones that are in my front yard..I love these trees.. have a good day, Baba

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  25. The crepe myrtle outside our kitchen window is just starting to bloom. Love your photographs :)

    My entry is a somewhat whimsical look at the Victoria Memorial Fountain outside Buckingham Palace.

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  26. As always, beautiful photos!
    Thanks for hosting!

    I linked to some photos from a recent family day we shared. (Go Fly A Kite!)

    http://www.underthebigoaktree.com/2011/07/wordless-wednesday-go-fly-kite.html

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  27. Its very hot and humid here too...lovely blooming trees you have there!

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  28. I love seeing crepe myrtle! In Kansas, they die down to the ground each year, then come back, so we never get the huge ones you have in the South. Thanks for hosting today.

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  29. Oh gorgeous crape myrtles! We can't grow them here in NJ -- JEALOUS!
    Cass

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  30. The pics are so pretty! They are gorgeous trees when they are in bloom.

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  31. Amazing flower trees, which don't exist here in Finland so they are also very exotic to me.

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  32. Hi Susan, The crepe myrtle is so pretty. this is the first home we have lived in that didn't have a crepe myrtle. Time to get shopping for some. I think purple is my fave because it reminds one of lilacs.Your photos around your neighborhood are lovely.
    Happy Outdoors to you and yours,
    Hugs, Jeanne

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  33. Your trees are beautiful! I wish I could figure out why mine do not bloom. Do you fertilize them? If so what do you use and when? Do you prune all of yours. One looks too tall. Mine are basically trees and you can not prune but I see plenty of other trees that bloom. It is strange. Hope someone out there has a suggestion for me.

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  34. Beautiful Crepe Myrtle! We have Butterfly Bush which I believe are in the same plant family. So lovely!

    Deanna

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  35. My crape myrtle trees look the best they've looked in years. Go figure! I guess they don't mind baking in the heat - unlike us. ;)

    Thanks for hosting, Susan.

    Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
    http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

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  36. Crepe myrtle trees don't seem to mind the heat at all. Our neighborhood is full of beautiful color provided by these avid bloomers. Makes me want to plant one in our yard.
    Thanks for hosting. ~ Sarah

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  37. Crepe's really are a part of the backbone of Southern gardening. Thanks for hosting OW!
    Jeanni

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  38. Wow! I cannot believe how warm it is there and how much everything is growing!!! It is misting today here in the San Francisco Bay Area! Thank you for hosting.

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  39. That's quite a popular tree...can see why! Thanks for sharing!

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