Crape myrtles popping up ALL AROUND! plus

[elleng]

neighbor guys setting up to FLY!

[efhmc]

1. They have been amazing this year in Central Texas.

[TwilightZone]

2. The ones around here (central TX) grow like crazy.

Our neighbor cut his down to about seven feet last fall. It's 15-20 feet tall now.

Builders here plant them right next to the houses and they get into water lines, etc. Not a lot of planning going on there!

[Shermann]

3. I now have three of those in my front yard

I have one massive white flowering one that is too close to the house and was pruned last year, it is pretty much back to where it was. It is unstoppable.

I have another medium sized pink one that has had some rot but hangs in there year after year.

A third pink one took root last year and I let it grow. It is growing like gangbusters.