Today, the crape myrtle is one of the most popular flowering trees in southern areas of the United States. Information: 909-793-1016; 909-798-9384; email [email protected] ...

The crape myrtle grows at a moderate rate to 30 to 40 feet high with a 25-foot spread and lives from 50 to 150 years. Handsome peeling bark highlights its multi-trunk or single-trunk tree.

Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia) are trees with aspirations to be big shrubs. Leave a tree alone and eventually most will send up lots of shoots from the base and turn into something more akin to a ...

Topping a crape myrtle forces the tree to produce unsightly root suckers. Ultimately, topping results in an ugly, odd-looking, higher-maintenance, out-of-balance (much-reduced canopy but same root ...

For years, crape myrtles have been planted in McKinney roadway medians. Summer is the ideal time to see them in bloom. Memorial Day Sale: Only 50¢ for 6 months. Skip to Main Content Skip to footer.

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 ...

My husband wants to plant crape myrtle trees on the side of the house. We live on a corner lot, and this will be nice curb appeal with the proper up lighting. However, I do not want them to be huge.

The single-trunk crape myrtle is a popular street tree that grows 15 to 25 feet tall and usually does not interfere with power lines. If you have limited space, consider a semi-dwarf variety that ...

Also, any information on pruning would not be complete without a word on pruning crape myrtle. Before we get out the pruning saw, loping shears or pruning shears, there are a few things to go over.

Newly developed dwarf crape myrtle trees produce flowers without any pruning, however, light, judicious pruning produce larger flowers with more profuse blooms.

Q: At the end of April, I planted two crape myrtle trees. They both looked equally mature and thrived well. In June, I noticed that the one started to look sickly, with leaves shedding and drying out.