Need help identifying shrubs

[Ken123]

From northeastern Texas....

Once upon a time they were carefully trimmed shrubs or hedges around this house before I bought it. But the house sat empty with little attention for a couple of years. Now they are trying to take over the yard, and I need to research ways to get rid of most of them.

Can anyone tell me what kind of growth this is:

have little buds, other don't. Otherwise they seem to be the same.

[John McGaw]

Looks like some sort of crepe myrtle of which there are probably 50 different varieties. Compare the leaves in this picture

to yours and see what you think.

[Ken123]

[Rachael Simpson]

Definitely looks like crepe myrtle. We have dozens of them around here. When they bloom, they can be white, red-ish, pink, or purple. They grow pretty fast also.

-Rae in NC