And I want one.
They come in white and various shades of pink, from dark to light.
I stopped to take this picture over on Isle of Palms.
And this pic is from Isle of Palms, too. But crepe myrtles are everywhere here and range in size from big trees to shrubs–size depends on how one prunes them. I have seen them cut off in a straight line about 10-15 feet up in the fall, and in the spring they form a new, compact top.
Crepe Myrtles bloom for most of the summer and into the fall here in South Carolina.
The tree planted out front by the builder is a Willow Oak. It’s doing well, but eventually it will get really tall and big. While it is very hardy here, I think it is likely too big for the scale of my neighborhood and house.
So, I’m exploring replacing it with a Crepe Myrtle, where the scale of the tree would be much better.
Look down by the stop sign beyond the tree. That cute little fire plug was recently installed in my neighbor’s yard. My heart fluttered when I saw it as in Maine, my house was rural and there was no city water. I had a well. The only water I might be able to count on with a house fire would have come from the pumper fire truck–assuming it could even get up my challenging, curving driveway.
On the way home from Isle of Palms last Friday, I could see a full blown house fire on Goat Island, a small island sitting between IOP and the mainland. Access to Goat Island is only by boat, and of course there is no fire engine. Flames rose into the sky, along with plumes of black smoke. SMALL emergency boats with flashing red lights were racing up the channel toward the house. It burned to the ground, of course.
https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/crews-responding-to-house-fire-on-goat-island/amp/
There are several pics in the above link. And here’s a pic from my granddaughter.
Yep. I love that little red fire hydrant.
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