I have two crape myrtle trees, both about 2 years old, fully rooted, over a foot high. Variety unknown but they're fuchsia colored, not red, not pink. Here's picture of mother tree, color is correct on my monitor. Looking for amaryllis I don't already have. Would especially like peach colored ones such as Rilona. I already have apple blossom, moonlight, bolero, exotic star, picotee, san antonio rose, joker, belladonna, double white and red lion. May be tempted by other things, (zone 9 hardy) but garden is almost full so space is limited and I'll have to be picky, sorry. Lori

Steffie, Good heavens--I am SO sorry to hear that your neighbor killed your plants. I don't suppose she has offered to replace the plants that she killed? I think I would have to have a talk with her and explain that she is obligated to replace the plants that died. It is incomprehensible to me that a person would spray so carelessly. Of course, the kind of people who kills your plants with their careless use of herbicides are usually the kind of people who don't feel obligated to replace what they killed. Do you have a wooden privacy fence between their yard and yours? It would help block the weedkiller, although you probably would still get some drift. It worked fairly well for us in Fort Worth, although the swimming pool maintenance company THEN killed my plants by letting the chlorine gas drift over them after they had assured me that my poolside plants would be fine. One thing I like about living in the country is that your neighbors generally are not right next to your property line spraying stuff that kills your plants. I LOVE our neighbors....they are all truly wonderful people, but a little physical distance can be a good thing. Our nearest neighbor's house is at least 100 yards from ours, and we have such a heavily wooded area between us that we cannot see one another's houses. However, since we live in a rural area, there is still quite a lot of agricultural spraying of herbicides that does occur. I think I have had damage from herbicide drift 2 or 3 times since we moved here, but only enough to damage the plants and not enough to totally kill them. Are you going to replant the area? Give the neighbor a good talking-to? Have an attorney write a letter? Sorry, but I simply couldn't 'be nice' and let the killing of my plants pass without attempting to do something to get them to make it right. Landscape plants are a major investment! I don't know what you do with a neighbor like that. (Make a voodoo doll? Start praying that they will move?) Dawn

Thank you for the tips George.... I dont have the IBA rooting hormone.. Will olivia's cloning gel work 0.08(N) 0.15(PO) 0.09(KO) I also have a powder (Rootone) it has 0.20 of naphthaleneacetamide and 4.04 of thiram ?? I looked up the IBA, it seems like a good product. kinda expensive though... thanks again......Greg

I bought and planted a crepe myrtle from a central Louisiana nursery, and bought it when it was in bloom. It was dark bright pink, and for several years after it bloomed as such. I have had it for about 15-20 years. I live in deep south Texas on the coast. For the past few years it has had a mix of bright pink and light pink-whiter blooms at the same time. It is only one trunk which branches at about 3 feet off the ground, and the blooms are evenly distributed, so I think it is something lacking in our soil. usually it tests at about neutral, where La. soil is usually acidic,or else I am bleaching the blooms with gray water. Which is what we use to water our yard freq.