Soccer Dad

This blog is full of crape 2007

This year the crape seemed to bloom a bit late. It was only after a rainstorm August 5, or so that it seemed to come into full bloom. Still the blooms are going strong a week into September.

But then all the crapes in the neighborhood seemed to bloom unevenly this year. So I think it was the drought that affected the blooming schedule. I asked Maryland Weather Blogger, Frank Roylance and he gave a different answer.

Alan Thomson, nursery manager at Valley View Farms in Cockeysville, blames winter damage. Crape myrtles are vulnerable this far north. After a mild start to our winter, overnight lows in late January and early February sank to the teens, even single digits, turning myrtle buds to duds.

I'd like to welcome a new crape blogger, In Context for both her lavender and a really impressive pink crapes.

Last year's.