A lot of what I have planted in the yard blooms in the spring. I planted three Crape Myrtles back in May in the hopes of adding some color to the yard over the summer. Despite being in the ground for a relatively short period of time, all three have produced flowers already.

I've got a single cluster of flowers on the Crimson Red.

Crimson Red Crape Myrtle.

Crimson Red Crape Myrtle. This one is pretty easy to keep track of considering the red blooms.

Crimson Red Crape Myrtle.

This is the Plum Magic Crape Myrtle.

Plum kinda looks more like "hot pink" to me. But I'll take what I can get.

Plum Magic Crape Myrtle.

This is the Purple Magic Crape Myrtle.

The Purple Magic Crape Myrtle was the first of the three to produce flowers.

Purple Magic Crape Myrtle.