# Plant ID Requested **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 5, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857 "2016-08-05T17:47:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZomZom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zomzom/32/5620_2.png) [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/1 "2016-08-05T17:47:02Z")
Was taking photos at a local nursery and forgot to note what [this plant](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mangoldm/28466266610/in/datetaken-public/) was. If anyone can ID it for me I’d really appreciate it. TIA ---
**Author:** ![Oddball\_92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b3f665/32.png) [@Oddball\_92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oddball_92)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/2 "2016-08-05T18:32:31Z")
Do you happen to have a pic of the open blooms? Looks kinda like a crepe myrtle. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/3 "2016-08-05T18:34:43Z")
Another vote for crepe myrtle. ---
**Author:** ![ZomZom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zomzom/32/5620_2.png) [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/4 "2016-08-05T18:40:31Z")
Thanks, I bet it is a crepe myrtle. There were a lot of those in the same area but I did not know they bear fruit like this. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/5 "2016-08-05T19:03:09Z")
I was thinking those were flower buds (crepe myrtle seed capsules look like [this](https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/108/292131203_a1028b34a4_z.jpg)). ---
**Author:** ![ZomZom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zomzom/32/5620_2.png) [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/6 "2016-08-05T19:06:26Z")
Ah, OK, they are not-yet-opened buds. Thanks for the clarification. ---
**Author:** ![Oddball\_92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b3f665/32.png) [@Oddball\_92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oddball_92)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/7 "2016-08-05T22:20:29Z")
Yes, those are flower buds. They come in various colors. Pink, white, red, and light purple. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/8 "2016-08-05T22:30:35Z")
That image is captioned “Crepe Myrtle” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/9 "2016-08-05T22:50:37Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > That image is captioned “Crepe Myrtle” Now. I imagine the OP retitled it after he got answers. ---
**Author:** ![ZomZom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zomzom/32/5620_2.png) [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/10 "2016-08-06T03:26:47Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Now. I imagine the OP retitled it after he got answers. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/11 "2016-08-07T04:12:18Z")
Crape, with an A… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/12 "2016-08-07T06:09:19Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Crape, with an A… Either spelling seems to be correct. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/13 "2016-08-07T06:52:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Either spelling seems to be correct. I wonder if it’s regional. Next year year is my fiftieth in the business and it’s always been Crape. All my wholesale catalogs. Google the botanical name and most come up Crape, a few both, rarely just Crepe. Pretty sure it started as Crepe, then became Crape for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/14 "2016-08-07T06:54:27Z")
These sprout new trees from their roots, both from runners and from where the tree trunk is cut. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/15 "2016-08-07T07:25:20Z")
> [@Isilder](#): > > These sprout new trees from their roots, both from runners and from where the tree trunk is cut. About 45 years ago I had a client here on Long Island (NY) request one. She wintered in Florida and knew them from the south. At the time I had heard of them, but never saw one here. I researched, and what I read at the time was they were marginally hardy in this zone. I also read that they may die completely above ground but if flush cut, they could regenerate. When I told my client, she wanted to give it a try. I found one, planted it, and sure enough, the following spring it didn’t leaf out. I cut it to the ground and it came back, growing to it’s previous size by the summer. They have become extremely popular here and despite the climate noticeably warming, we can still get total dieback in a severe winter and I’ve had to do that same treatment a few times on other trees over these decades. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-requested/761857/16 "2016-08-07T17:45:41Z")
I have flowering crepe myrtle shrubs in my Ohio garden. A mild winter might result in dieback of as little as the top 1/4 of the woody growth; after a winter with lows of -10 or colder dieback to the ground is typical. But they grow fast enough to give you bloom during the next growing season.