Make sure you locate the trees at least 8 to 10 feet away from the house. A few varieties that are in that size category include Byers White, Catawba (purple), Choctaw (pink), Comanche (coral ...

Superior semi dwarf crape myrtles (12 feet) are Acoma (white), Cheyenne (true red), Tonto (fuchsia red), Hopi (pink) and Catawba (purple). Although smaller shrub (6 feet crape myrtles are hard to ...

The Sun's annual crape myrtle sale is being held this morning starting at 7 in the big parking lot ... 10-15 feet: Seminole, pink; Catawba, violet purple. Upright bush - 8-12 feet: Zuni, medium ...

If you have room for a tree to reach 20 feet in maturity, consider Tuskegee (dark rose) Potomac (medium pink) or Catawba (purple). ... How to choose the right crape myrtle. March 18, 2015.

Please suggest a type of crape myrtle and another option that might stay green all year, if possible. ... Byers White, Catawba (purple), Choctaw (pink), Comanche (coral), Osage (pink), and Potomac ...

Some crape myrtle varieties have good fall color, ... The most well-known purple is a medium-sized plant named Catawba. It has good resistance to mildew and red-orange leaves in the fall.

If a crape myrtle requires routine pruning to fit into its surroundings, ... Acoma (white) and Catawba (purple). Some newer crape myrtles have burgundy-colored leaves all summer long.

Please suggest a type of crape myrtle that would not get to be too large. — Rebecca. ... Catawba (purple), Choctaw (pink), Comanche (coral), Osage (pink) and Potomac (pink).

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. My husband wants to plant crape myrtle trees on the side of the ...

The late summer pick-me-up that gardeners crave is at hand. Just call on crape myrtle. Not a sexy name, but definitely a don't-miss-me kind of plant, with its panicles of red, pink purple or white ...

(That’s the white crape myrtle Natchez, photographed last month in Jackson, N.C.) Egolf’s obituary in the Washington Post records that after nearly 30 years of crossing crape myrtles, he ...

If I could only have five plants for color in my North Texas landscape in summer, these are the ones I’d choose out of the long list of applicants. Mind you I’d be leaving a lot of fine plants ...