Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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The Twice on Tuesday seminar from the Fla Extention Univ is on Crepe Mertyls
FLORIDA GARDENS – TWICE ON TUESDAY June 28, 2011 TITLE: Crape Myrtles and Hot Flowers WHEN: Twice on Tuesday, June 28 • Tickets are free and must be picked up at the respective Center where the talk is being held. • Tickets will be available at the Savannah Center and the Sea Breeze Rec Center, two weeks prior to the talks on June 7. • Tickets are available Tuesday-Friday, 9:00 to 4:00, until sold out. • Appropriate ticket and Villages ID must be presented at the door. WHERE: 9:00 AM Savannah Center 1:00 PM Sea Breeze Recreation Center WHO: Brooke Moffis Urban Horticulture Agent & Master Gardener Coordinator WHY: With many so many colors and cultivars to choose from, selecting the right crape myrtle for your space is the most important consideration. Crape myrtles varieties are available from dwarf shrubs to large upright or spreading trees and its long blooming period rewards us with its showy flowers for months. Pruning the spent flower buds can produce another bloom in the fall. Many types have bark that exfoliates to expose a beautifully colored inner bark for winter interest. Did you say you wanted some great summer color for your garden? The session will also touch on those plants that will last in the summer heat and still bring lots of brilliant color to the landscape. For Village Residents only For Village Residents only
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Thanks, aln... oh, I wish I could go. I am really looking forward to learning about lawns and landscaping in the Florida climate.
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Help with Crape Myrtle
Did you have some one fertilize them this year??
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I live in VA and have several myrtles. I trim them back in February. I cut all the willowy branches off and all the suckers at the bottom of the trunk. They bloom every year beginning the end of June beginning of July.
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not supposed to really need fertilizer
per Sumter County extension. I also went to the Twice on Tuesday presentation on Crape Myrtles, which is where I got this info.
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Is now the proper time to cut back the branches 1/3? Do you cut them any special place on the branch?
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Pruning stimulates growth. Don't do it now, wait until Feb so the new tender growth would not get freezer burn.
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