Nowadays, crepe myrtles are available in all different sizes from three to 30 feet, so planting the right one to fit the scale of your landscape is crucial. Much of this “topping” can be ...

Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall. Most varieties produce beautiful blooms starting in spring or ...

Tips Crape myrtles don't need to be pruned every year. Trim off suckers and dead branches when you see them, but otherwise limit pruning to an as-needed basis. 2. Don't prune in the spring.

I prefer to train crepe myrtles like a fruit tree with an open center. This openness allows sunlight and air into the center, reducing diseases such as powdery mildew, and promotes new growth for ...

"Those secondary branches will become more of a primary branch. They will stiffen up. They will start putting on lateral branches, but it can take three to five years to really respond well and get ...

How Tall do Crepe Myrtles Get? Crepe myrtles—or crape myrtles and crapemyrtles if you prefer—range in size from dwarf selections that grow less than 3 feet tall to several large varieties that ...

Because of their medium to fast growth, crepe myrtles are also a good choice for a hedge a privacy screen. Select tall varieties, such as the popular ‘Catawba’ (10 to 15 feet in height).

Esposito Garden Center continues its 2021 series of virtual gardening seminars Saturday with “Pruning Crepe Myrtles and Summer Blooming Trees and Shrubs.” “Join Esposito’s live at 10 a.m ...

Some years ago a trend started with Crepe Myrtle tree trimming that needs to be stopped. It is called pollarding -- or joking referred to as Crepe murder.

The smaller crape myrtles you are likely to find in garden centers or big box stores have names that include Delta, Black Diamond, Ebony, Magic, Enduring Summer, and Early Bird. You’ll find the ...

Pruning in the fall can also cause the tree to send out new growth at the wrong time of the year. 4. Go easy on the cuts. Crape myrtles don't need much pruning to stay healthy.