On (06 Mar 98) Marilyn Boissoneault wrote to Jim Venedam...
 JV> My next door neighbor has about three different colored crepe
 JV> myrtles on his front lawn. 
 MB> They do look a lot like lilacs, too bad they don't smell good too
 MB> since they grow well around here.
There must be different types that we didn't know about. My
mother bought an expensive one at a nursery about 10 years ago.
It grows VERY slowly, and looks like a small fruit tree. It 
doesn't set many flowers.
My aunt over on the west coast, has a Crepe Myrtle she bought 
at a flea market for about $2. The thing grows like a weed, 
sort of like a forsythia. Every year, she cuts it way back, and 
it grows back lusher than before.
 MB> It's been a long time since I've smelled lilacs though.  But then
 MB> when you walk outside at night when orange blossoms are blooming
 MB> it does smell heavenly.  I guess with those in my yard I
 MB> shouldn't complain about no lilacs!
I think the lilacs stay in bloom longer. We're lucky that the 
different citrus varieties bloom at different times. The season 
lasts longer that way. Without the frosts, we seem to have more
fragrant plants. Gardenia, Honeysuckle, Jasmine. 
Massachusetts had it's share of flowering plants tho, Dogwood,
Forsythia, Rhododendron.... I had some really big rhododendrons.
They looked like huge purple snowballs when they flowered.
Jimvee 
 
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