Crape Myrtle tree is adaptable to a wide range of soil types but benefits from the well-drained soil. Water deeply after planting, mulch, and water regularly until established.

How to choose the right crape myrtle. March 18, 2015. Hopi is another small tree or large shrub with light-pink blooms and gray-brown bark. (Photos Courtesy ot the U.S. Arboretum) ...

But choosing the right crape myrtle can be a little tricky, ... 'Yuma' has more of a tree shape but is often multitrunked and ... • Hopi' grows to 7 feet tall and 10 feet wide and blooms for 100 ...

Drive down almost any street in Dallas, and you'll see: This is crape myrtle country. But gone are the days of choosing between the red one and the pink one. Now, gardeners can choose shades of ...

Crape myrtle cultivars have differing sizes of mature height that include dwarf (less than 4 feet), semi- dwarf (less than 12 feet), intermediate (less than 20 feet), and tree (greater than 20 feet).

With such a wide array of sizes available, crape myrtle can be used as either a bush or a tree. “Varieties that can reach at least 15 to 20 feet are the best to tree form,” Tracy advises.

If you have crape myrtles, one maintenance task to add to your checklist is to prune off sprouts that arise from the base of the tree. These sprouts are called suckers, and removing them will ...

By George Weigel/The Patriot-News Q: I have a west-facing wall that now has a couple of dwarf Alberta spruces that I want to replace with something that flowers. I'm thinking about crape myrtle.

(That’s the white crape myrtle Natchez, photographed last month in Jackson, N.C.) Egolf’s obituary in the Washington Post records that after nearly 30 years of crossing crape myrtles, he ...

When choosing a crape myrtle to purchase, take into account its growth habit and eventual size. Don't keep pruning a 20-foot tree into a 6-foot bush, as it will become unattractive and shorten its ...

The reason most often used for topping crape myrtles is that they have gotten too tall. The solution is simple. There are over 1200 varieties of crape myrtle with mature heights ranging from 2 ...