The damage and stress on those trees seems pretty far along. ... and you'll have a new crape myrtle. ... What is wrong with my 10-15 foot tall crape myrtles? By Ashley Frasca. April 12, ...

Name: The popular Crape Myrtle tree, with its brilliant summer flower display, ... Cranberry-colored buds open to approximately 1-inch flowers gathered into foot-long dense clusters at branch tips.

The 8-foot width may be more difficult as crape myrtles tend to be wider than that at maturity. Make sure you locate the trees at least 8 to 10 feet away from the house.

By George Weigel/The Patriot-News Q: I have a west-facing wall that now has a couple of dwarf Alberta spruces that I want to replace with something that flowers. I'm thinking about crape myrtle.

Wrongheaded, harsh pruning of crape myrtle trees can do lasting damage. Dan Gill, The Times-Picayune garden columnist; Dec 28, 2012 Dec 28, 2012; 5 min to read. Facebook; Twitter; ...

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.

The Arbor Day Foundation will brighten up your fall by offering five free crapemyrtle trees when you join the Foundation in October. The free trees are part of the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation ...