Funny that when a tree is common like the crepe Myrtle it doesn't make the list. Golden rain tree is grown here too ...so I need to get a picture of one.
On the other hand, I love bald Cypress (as do the Northerners) and will probably plant another one.

Of my (few) trips to the South, Magnolias and Rhododendron specimens were most memorable.

Granted but one is a (true?) tree. Aside from coastal plants? If I live a few more years I'll plant a Magnolia and enjoy it for awhile. I'll never plant another rhoadie after seeing what they should be. I was in complete awe. I happen upon some good ones here, but not often. Even the best here, there is no comparison.

Eh, one less plant to nurture (to leave on a positive note).

I'm surprised that so few people post pictures of crepe myrtles. For some reason, it seems like I'm one of the only ones!

In this part of the south someone has dubbed crape myrtle as "crape murder" They are planted in highway medians and shaved off every year by the Highway Department so they are never allowed to grow into trees. I rarely see the natural form of a tree crape myrtle except in my own yard, and along the back of an old abandoned farmhouse property,behind me where they form a dazzling 100 ft high hedge along an old cattle lane.

I love crepe myrtles in their natural beauty! I when I see those hideously ugly crepe myrtles cut back to a stump each year. One of my neighbors is guilty of this horticultural crime.

I love crepe myrtles and have them in AR as well as FL. Some of my neighbors in AR commit murder on their crepes every year which annoys me, but I don't say anything. Our "yard man" in FL wanted to trim mine in FL and I told him to leave it alone, however, he did commit murder on my REDBUD without my permission.

Unforgiveable.

Another vote for crepe myrtles here! In my shady green foliage landscape, all I have to do is look up to the sky to see the colorful flowers of my trees that reach 2 stories high. Flower petals dot the landscape as they fall, again bringing color to my yard. IMO there is not a better tree!

I am going to add a picture of the lovely bark of the crepemyrtle

The peeling new bark looks gorgeous this time of year. You post yours, I'll post mine!

Crape myrtles are like weeds here in the south. Maybe a reason they don't get posted much is because they are SO common no one bothers to take pics of them? The previous owners of our house apparently liked them because we have a ton planted around our property (it's a huge yard, though, so doesn't seem like there are that many).

Here it is! I love Crepe Myrtle bark. Lovely the way it peels.



Maybe hard to see, but if the young trunks are twisted, they grow together. Do you see the small hole?

@candanna I love crepe myrtle bark, too. Great pictures. Yep, I see the small hole in the trunk.