What Is A Crape Myrtle?

I really like having crape myrtles in my yard. What is so nice about crape myrtle, they will be blooming in late summer, early fall, when almost of the other plants have stopped blooming.

Crape myrtle can be grown as a small tree or large shrub. My crape myrtle is a tree. During the summer, they have vibrantly colored flowers clusters and during winter, their bark has  a smooth multi color to it.

Crape myrtle grows real well in hot, sunny locations. Their soil need to be moist, well-drained and they need full fun.

Choctaw crape myrtle has dark green leaves that turns maroon in fall, and it has bright pink flowers it mid to late summer. Natches is a fast growing plant that has dark green leaves which turns to a orange-red color in the fall and they have white. "Tuskegee" is one that has dark green glossy and leathery leaves. the leaves turn to an orange-red color in the fall and the flowers are dark pink.

Because there are so many different ones to choose from, we may have to have some more different crape myrtle planted in my yard.