Crape Myrtle Tree and Shrub Care Tips Botanical name: Lagerstroemia spp. Common names: Crape myrtle, crepe myrtle, crapemyrtle, crepe-myrtle Hardiness zones: 6 to 10 Size: 3 to 30 feet Soil: Moist ...

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 ...

Cut these back to the trunk. Limbs may also sprout from the trunks of crape myrtles. Trim them back or remove as needed to allow yard work and good air movement within the tree limbs.

So if you have these lovely flowers growing in your backyard, don't leave them to brace the winter all on their own. Crape myrtle needs a touch of added protection to survive the frost and these ...

Crape myrtles, an ornamental tree popular in landscapes throughout the state of Delaware, are prized for their beauty, exfoliating bark in shades of silver and cinnamon, and long-lasting flowers in a ...

To cut a crape myrtle back for the vague reason of “it just seems too large” ignores the fact that these plants are trees. They are supposed to be relatively large.

Lukas Suzano with Davey Tree of Nashville says you don't need to trim your trees so aggressively. There's a better way to take care of them. Watch this Let Me Help segment in the video player above.

Crape myrtles, an ornamental tree popular in landscapes throughout the state of Delaware, are prized for their beauty, exfoliating bark in shades of silver and cinnamon, and long-lasting flowers in a ...

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The commonly planted Natchez crape myrtle is known for the cinnamon brown inner bark that is revealed when the outer bark peels. So, there is no need for concern.

The myrtle is quite clearly a tree—one that grows in an inelegant tangle of oft-gnarled trunks. Pedants may argue that the crape’s hydra of stems technically qualify it as a shrub.

You should cut back a crape myrtle to control its size. If the height of the crape myrtle is not causing a problem with a nearby structure or power lines, there is little reason to reduce the tree ...