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Crepe Myrtle Or Crape Myrtle?
Introduced into the United States about 1790 by French botanist Andre Michaux
Described as looking like crepe paper or crepes by the French it was later anglicized by spelling it Crape Myrtle.
Since the word Crape only appears with this plant (or other Crepe references) in the English language it must have been made up after it was introduced to the U.S.. Now it is most commonly spelled as Crape Myrtle whether correct or not, Wikipedia still uses both spellings and most old European spellings are Crepe Myrtle. No matter how you spell it Crape Myrtles are still one of the best choices for flowering trees in the south and few ornamentals compare with the numbers of colors and forms hybridized from the original Lagerstromia Indica.
  Mulch, Mulch and Mulch some more!Mulch can be one of your best defenses against drought. Well mulched plants use much less water than those without and show less stress in the afternoon heat. Mulching conserves water and cools the soil and root area of plants easing the constant stress plants experience when temps are over 100 deg.. New plants can often die with regular watering if no mulch is used due to stress. Older established plants show more vigor and growth when mulched. Mulch should be applied at the appropriate depth for the plant being planted. Small plants will be buried if the mulch is too thick and large plants will benefit with thicker much layers. Mulch up to 3" or 4" around trees leaving thinner mulch towards the trunk to create a shallow well area.
Mulch 1" deep is appropriate for most flowers and annuals and a little deeper for perennials and shrubs. Gravel and rock used as much is much better than no mulch.Gravel mulch looks appropriate around plants that have a very Xeric look. Gravel can heat up but still helps to conserve moisture at the root zone especially if a weed barrier type product is placed on the ground under the gravel.
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POND DYE for algae control is a great organic approach that works well in most ponds that have plants and are not over stocked with fish. Organic pond dye can be very effective in a short time if your pond bottom is fairly clean.
Rocks and obstacles on the bottom will trap debris and make the pond harder to maintain. Organic dye works as a sunscreen and blocks some UV therefore starving algae of growth. Dye can be very effective combined with barley straw, peat pellets or algaecides.
Most dye will just darken the water at first but as the water clears a light blue tint can be seen. Pond dye usually fades after a month or so and can be reapplied as needed and additional can be added if a darker tint is wanted. A complete pond care bacteria and enzyme product will work much better combined with Pond dye for a clean pond. Few ponds can benefit the most with dye added to the fresh clean water during summer.
The dye works well to prevent or minimize the initial algae bloom almost all new ponds deal with.
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