I haven't shown this crepe on here before, but this was one of my first trees. It's a white flower hybrid mildew resistant crepe. I've not shown it due to mistakes made as an over eager newb resulting in its classic stick in a pot with no leaves appearance, but I'm happy with its progress now years later and it is one of my favourite trees. With this one, I haven't taken an aggressive approach to fattening it's trunk but it was in a styrofoam box for one year. I'm thinking of changing the front to get the nicer looking roots at the front, but can't decide at this stage so I might put it in a circular pot next time!
2013, when I got it, after a hacking with the scissors! So eager there is no before photo, but imagine a crepe myrtle seedling from a standard nursery:
About a week later when I thought it was a good idea to trunk chop a stick, then test out my trunk bending skills:
Today:
Front
Back
Left
Right
Potential new front/back/vice versa:
Patience being rewarded.
