Down here in Alabama (I'm sure elsewhere too), there is this ornamental type tree or bush or whatnot that I see all over the place generally in landscape arrangements around buildings. Pretty sure it's a tree because it looks much like one.
The main feature is - when the landscapers come to trim all the greenery and stuff, they literally cut EVERY SINGLE branch down to the trunks, leaving no leaves or anything. Within a week, there's usually a dozen or two new twigs sprouting off the ends of the trunks.
Oh, it's also got a smooth light brown bark that looks rather papery (fairly thin, peels in large "flakes").
Any ideas on what this is?
Thanks to Engineer: It appears I'm thinking it is a crape myrtle!
Now my second question:
Okay... so now my second question. This bush/tree/shrub whatever that's growing in my yard. The feature that it has are these, I assume they're seed pods, they look sort of like large coffee beans. They're very dry, they were on the tree last winter. Come spring, they opened up, sort of in a star-shape pattern (imagine a wedged orange or something like that). They're STILL on the shrub. I'm not certain whether it had flowered at all this spring, so I can't be sure it's a crape myrtle for sure, though the main trunks appear very similar. Though I think in this case it may be more of a shrub than a tree.
Ideas?
Question #2 has been answered by runzwithsizorz: it is indeed a crepe myrtle!
Thanks folks, I can go about researching proper pruning for this bad boy now.
The main feature is - when the landscapers come to trim all the greenery and stuff, they literally cut EVERY SINGLE branch down to the trunks, leaving no leaves or anything. Within a week, there's usually a dozen or two new twigs sprouting off the ends of the trunks.
Oh, it's also got a smooth light brown bark that looks rather papery (fairly thin, peels in large "flakes").
Any ideas on what this is?
Thanks to Engineer: It appears I'm thinking it is a crape myrtle!
Now my second question:
Okay... so now my second question. This bush/tree/shrub whatever that's growing in my yard. The feature that it has are these, I assume they're seed pods, they look sort of like large coffee beans. They're very dry, they were on the tree last winter. Come spring, they opened up, sort of in a star-shape pattern (imagine a wedged orange or something like that). They're STILL on the shrub. I'm not certain whether it had flowered at all this spring, so I can't be sure it's a crape myrtle for sure, though the main trunks appear very similar. Though I think in this case it may be more of a shrub than a tree.
Ideas?
Question #2 has been answered by runzwithsizorz: it is indeed a crepe myrtle!
Thanks folks, I can go about researching proper pruning for this bad boy now.