Razzle Dazzle Variety of Dwarf Crape Myrtle NOT Blooming!?
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Comments (4)Michael Dirr and associates developed a series of dwarf crapemyrtles, at the UGA/CANR facility, Deering,GA, that they named the Razzle Dazzle® Series. They are being marketed as Proven Winners/Color Choice plants by Zelenka Nursery (MI,TN,NC) and likely by McCorkle Nursery, which is adjacent to the UGA site. Both sell to big box stores, as well as to local nurseries. A PW/CC retailer is supposed to be a full line dealer, but when "big bucks" talks...well you know how that goes! Here's a link to the UGA site that lists the Razzle Dazzle® Series. There may be other crapemyrtles designated as PW/CC, so this is probably not an inclusive list. Rb Here is a link that might be useful: Gardener's Confidence® Collection...See MoreIs dwarf Crape Myrtle still alive?
Comments (6)if you meant to give us a pic.. it did not post ... considering i got 3 inches of snow yesterday .. im a bit prone to lecture you that its a bit early to give up on plants as dead.. even if you are in a warmer zone ... if its exposed at the new place.. try to place it where you are responsible for water ... rather than it being constantly drowned by spring rains ... some plants might like all the water.. but shrubs and trees in pots might not ... ken...See MoreReplacement for Berry Dazzle dwarf crape myrtle
Comments (5)New Berry Dazzle has been planted in the ground in the front yard. It is a stunning specimen, 10 times nicer than the one I got last year. That's the Berry Dazzle right in front, with the pile of soil next to it. And now you all can see what I've been up to this week. Contractor dug out turf in 2 curved beds in lawn, plus a curved bed in front of 2 basement windows on either side of the porch. I planted 7 Soft Touch Japanese hollies, a Gold Mound dwarf spirea at te extreme left, and a Color Guard yucca in a pot at the extreme right. The pot is to keep the yucca's long roots from messing with the gasline pipe that runs under the front yard. The bricks edging the garden beds will be topped by the faux river rocks piled up in front of the stone planter. The garden beds will be mulched with river rock. My front porch is sporting a window box and a shepherds hook. The wire rack with the hostas is to the left. As soon as I get my cedar raised beds assembled in the backyard, beyond the white fence, the hostas will go in those. I am expecting a big batch shipment of them tomorrow. In the backyard, I have a bunch of rose bushes I got for 50% off at Home Depot. They are to go in my half of the grassy strip between my driveway and the neighbor's driveway, after I put up a picket fence down the middle. All his trash blows into my yard, so the picket fence should help and the roses will be just for pretty. I am also making a fountain for attracting birds in the backyard, out of 2 salvaged galvanized tubs and a solar pump. Haven't assembled those yet, so just wait for pics. Of course, everything I do is carefully supervised by my Maine Coon Dandi......See MoreAre some dwarf crape myrtles starting to shut down already?
Comments (10)This is a new plant, still in its sales pot, that will shortly be planted. I had to wait for a lot of problems my contractor was facing to be solved, which negatively impacted the speed with which the cedar raised beds were assembled and set up. We have now come a long way toward landscaping the yard and I anticipate being able to plant everyone in the raised beds and rose garden within a week or so. The other dwarf crape myrtle on the porch is still fine, showing a few bronze new leaf tips. And yes, the affected crape myrtle has been flowering. The young rose bush and new hostas on the porch are doing great. The hostas, heucheras, Japanese painted ferns and bleeding hearts will all go into the 2 cedar raised beds shaded by my neighbor's overhanging mulberry tree. It is pretty shady there, perfect for them. The other perennials will go on the other side of the backyard, where it's sunny all day--perfect for them. The dwarf crape myrtles will go into deep beds in sunny corners, filled with nice soil enriched with compost. The 11 rose bushes will soon grace the rose bed I am preparing for them along the picket fence in the front yard. The front and back yards are being denuded of the crabgrass that just won't die and will be improved with 2" of top soil mixed with compost and then planted with sod (front yard) and tall fescue grass seed (back yard), then mulched to prevent birds from eating the seed. And BTW Ken, it's suburban BALTIMORE, not Philly....See Moregumneck 7A Virginia
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