Tall types exceed 20 feet in height. If you think that's not possible, look at Muskogee or Red Rocket. If those don't ...

Though springtime in Lancaster County is greeted by a spectrum of blooming trees and shrubs, late-summer color can be hard to ...

Four height categories now exist: miniature, dwarf, medium, and standard. The National Gardening Association currently lists 440 Crape Myrtle cultivars in its plant database.

Superior semi dwarf crape myrtles (12 feet) are Acoma (white), Cheyenne (true red), Tonto (fuchsia red), Hopi (pink) and Catawba (purple).

Some of the best tree-size crape myrtle types include Red Rocket (true red flowers), Sioux (pink), Osage (pink), Apalachee (lavender) and the familiar Natchez (white). Medium crape myrtles (up to ...

‘Dynamite’ is the first true red crape myrtle tree form. The cherry red flowers generally appear by early July and continue until frost.

Red: True red crape myrtles have been elusive, but no longer. 'Cheyenne' has siren-red blooms for up to three months of the summer, followed by yellow-orange fall foliage.

Crape myrtles begin blooming in mid-July and continue through the end of September in a variety of colors including white, pink, lavender and red.

Crape myrtles are available in many shades of red, pink, lavender, purple and white. There are four main categories of size for crape myrtles from dwarf (3 to 5 feet), intermediate (5 to 10 feet ...

Finally, in 1996, he released ‘Dynamite,’ the first crape myrtle on the market with true-red flowers. These are not pinkish red or purplish red, but fire-engine red.

A: Crape myrtles would like the afternoon sun of your west wall, and they come in a wide range of sizes - from little 3-foot balls like the 'Razzle Dazzle' and 'Filli' series up to 25-foot tree types.