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Title: Tree ID
Post by: NotactJack on June 27, 2014, 08:31:13 AM
I have two of these trees in my yard. I have no idea what they are. I'm in south Texas zone 9b. They are landscaped so by hey mIght be appropriate. I ask because I noticed large blooms. Havn't noticed too much activity but I only have mating nucs at the house.  There about 20-25 feet tall.

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Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: NotactJack on June 27, 2014, 05:11:18 PM
More pictures in better light


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Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: 10framer on July 06, 2014, 07:15:53 PM
the bark looks like sycamore but the leaves don't.
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: Keith13 on July 07, 2014, 11:35:05 AM
crepe myrtle
judging by the color Natchez Crepe Myrtle

Keith
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: NotactJack on July 16, 2014, 10:58:37 PM
Yep crepe myrtle.
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: BeeMaster2 on July 20, 2014, 08:30:21 AM
If it is crepe myrtle, it is the largest one I have ever seen. Looks like it towers above that house in the background. Berries and bark look like crepe myrtle. Bee glad the flowers are white. Bees prefer it much better than the purple/red and the honey is much better also.
Jim
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: BlueBee on July 21, 2014, 01:48:42 AM
I don't recall ever seeing berries that big on my crepe myrtle trees.  Those berries look huge in the photo.  :idunno:
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: Keith13 on July 21, 2014, 04:04:59 PM
those aren't berries they are seed pods. in the fall they will dry out and open to release small seeds

if I had to make a bet the tree isn't as tall as it appears that illusion is due to the angle the photo was shot at.

Although here in SOLA crept myrtles get to 30 35 feet

Keith
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: BlueBee on July 22, 2014, 06:34:05 AM
OK then, seed pods  :-D

I hear everything is bigger in Texas.  
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: NotactJack on August 05, 2014, 03:58:32 PM
Its about 20 feet high ish. I have a sloped driveway and the roof line is my neighbors house which is about 20 ft away....
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: BeeMaster2 on August 06, 2014, 06:18:05 AM
Then it is probably crepe myrtle.
Jim
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: sc-bee on August 23, 2014, 04:39:29 PM
Never seen honeybees on Crepe Myrtle here....
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: BeeMaster2 on August 24, 2014, 07:26:20 AM
Quote from: sc-bee on August 23, 2014, 04:39:29 PM
Never seen honeybees on Crepe Myrtle here....
SC,
They usually don't god for the colored varieties, lucky for us, but when there is nothing else available they will use the white flowers.
Jim
Title: Re: Tree ID
Post by: Dallasbeek on October 05, 2014, 01:28:11 AM
There's a specimen crape myrtle in the National Arboretum in DC that looks to be about 45-50 feet tall. It has beautiful red wood under the bark.  Tests of honey at Texas A&m show a lot of crape myrtle pollen -- much more than you'd expect.
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