“The lavender Muskogee crape myrtle can also be identified by its light-colored bark,” Best said. Some good examples of those are near the railroad tracks at Doty Avenue.

Tree-form crape myrtles that had been 15 or 20 feet tall were almost killed by the cold. Landscapers cut them back to within 2 inches of the soil line, and by first frost last fall they had ...

* Needs: Full sunlight and well-drained soil. Shade will greatly diminish flowering. * Comments: Smaller than another popular tree type called Natchez. Needs artful shaping to show off its ...

To prune a crape myrtle properly, first decide if it needs to be pruned. In other words, if you can't come up with a good reason to trim your tree -- leave it alone. If you do see something that ...

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.

April 20, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. EDT Crape Myrtle (variety Muskogee) ...