By George Weigel/The Patriot-News Q: I have a semi-dwarf crape myrtle. I'd like to keep it small since it's between two other bushes. When is the best time to trim it? A: You could do a light ...

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

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 ...

Crape myrtle cultivars have differing sizes of mature height that include dwarf (less than 4 feet), semi- dwarf (less than 12 feet), intermediate (less than 20 feet), and tree (greater than 20 feet).

The proper way to prune crape myrtles. Published 12:00 am Sunday, February 28, 2021 ...

If you want a crape myrtle that will naturally stay below 4 feet in height, buy a dwarf cultivar such as Pocomoke. There are semi-dwarf cultivars that grow to about 12 feet or less in height such ...

Dwarf crape myrtles mature at a height of 5 feet, medium crape myrtle cultivars grow up to about 15 feet in height and tall or tree-size crape myrtle cultivars exceed 15 feet and often grow to 20 ...

1230hgthumb18.jpg. There is no absolute "proper planting interval" for crape myrtle trees. Spacing is based on the mature size of the plants. Photo by LSU AgCenter.

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.