For purple flowers, the Purple Magic Crape Myrtle Tree is a good option. It reaches a mature height of ten feet, making it the perfect size patio tree for shade. Shop on Fast Growing Trees Shop on ...

Choose a location that gets at least six hours of full sunlight a day. While crepe myrtles can tolerate partial shade, trees that receive less sun yield fewer flowers. Crepe myrtles in containers ...

several of them co-claiming the crown as the "Crape Myrtle Capitol of Texas" (McKinney, Waxahachie and Burleson just to name a few). Once established, these trees can handle drought and heat waves ...

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A: Regretfully your crape myrtles have been overtaken by shade and probably won’t be good ... flat grey growths on the limbs of my grapefruit tree? They almost look like lichens?

Answer: Do the needed pruning to make your crape myrtle more attractive and allow ... keep it in bounds and off the trunk of the trees. Some other shade-loving ground covers to consider include ...

Some shade-loving evergreen shrubs ... Q : How do I save the holly tree (see reader's photo)? How best to prune the crape myrtle right on the edge to the left of neighbor's trash cans?

Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall. Most varieties produce beautiful blooms starting in spring or ...

but it appears that large trees may have grown out and over the crape myrtles. It appears that they’re in a good bit of shade. That can cause them to bloom less prolifically, and it can also ...