I DO HAVE SOME other beds of flowers in which I take delight, so I might as well show you those, too. See that watermelon-colored crepe myrtle to the right in the lower photo? For years I assumed that south-central PA was too far north to grow these lovely shrubs that grace the roadways and lawns of southern Virginia. And then one day I chanced to see a tree-sized crepe myrtle growing in someone's yard! I high-tailed it to a nursery and have relished the sight of my blooming crepe myrtle bushes (soon to be tree-sized) ever since.