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Crape Myrtle Trees | Crepe Myrtle

Fast Growing, Disease Resistant Varieties Bloom Longer and Brighter


Dynamite Crape Myrtle
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Deep red color
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Customer Favorite
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A 'Care Free' Tree
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Mature Height: 20-30 ft.
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Muskogee Crepe Myrtle
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Lavender blooms
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Beautiful in groupings
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Flowers for 120 days
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Mature Height: 15-25 ft.
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Arapaho Crape Myrtle
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Bright red color
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Blooms spring to fall
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Very disease resistant
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Mature Height: 15-25 ft.
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Natchez Crepe Myrtle
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Fast growing
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Soft white blooms
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Very adaptable
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Mature Height: 20-30 ft.
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Tuscarora Crepe Myrtle
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Light red or pink blooms
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Very Adaptable
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Easy to grow
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Mature Height: 15-25 ft.
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Pink Velour Crape Myrtle
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Bright pink color
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Easy to Grow
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Drought Tolerant
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Mature Height: 8-10 ft.
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Tonto Crepe Myrtles
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Big red blooms
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Grows in tight areas
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Disease resistant
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Mature Height: 8-15 ft.
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Red Rocket Crape Myrtles
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Shoots up like a rocket
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Fire-engine red blooms
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Color all summer
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Mature Height: 20-30 ft.
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Carolina Beauty Crape Myrtles
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Stunning Blooms
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25 ft. or taller
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Months of Blooms
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Mature Height: 25 ft.
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Crape Myrtle Comparison Chart
Projected heights based on starting planting height of a 5 ft. tall tree.
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Common Name
Growth Rate
per Yr.
Height in
3 Yrs
Mature
Height
Growing Notes
Muskogee Crape Myrtle
(lagerstroemia Muskogee)
4-5 ft.
15-20 ft.
15-25 ft.
Lavender flowers bloom for 120 days.
Tuscarora Crepe Myrtle
Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
(lagerstroemia Tuscarora)
4-5 ft.
15-20 ft.
15-25 ft.
Dark pink blooms. Very adapatable flowering tree.
Arapaho Crape Myrtle
Arapaho Crape Myrtle
(lagerstroemia Arapaho)
4-5 ft.
15-20 ft.
15-25 ft.
One of the few red crapes. Blooms from spring til fall.
Red Rocket Crape Myrtles
Red Rocket Crape Myrtle
(lagerstroemia indica 'Red Rocket')
3-5 ft.
15-20 ft.
20-30 ft.
One of the fastest growing crape myrtles, and one of the few with red blooms.
Dynamite Crape Myrtle
(lagerstroemia indica 'Dynamite')
3 ft.
10-15 ft.
20-30 ft.
Carefree tree is one of the original red-flowering crapes.
Natchez Crape Myrtle
(lagerstroemia 'Natchez')
2-3 ft.
10-15 ft.
20-30 ft.
Blooms in bunches. Needs plenty of sun for full blooms.
Pink Velour Crape Myrtle
(lagerstroemia indica "Pink Velour")
2-3 ft.
10-15 ft.
8-10 ft.
Easy to grow & drought tolerant. Light pink blooms all summer.
Common Crape Myrtle
(lagerstroemia)
1-2 ft.
5-8 ft.
15-30 ft.
Original crape was the basis for many new cultivars bred by the national arboretum.

Based on research done with eleven different tree nurseries

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Crape Myrtle Trees come in a variety of colors and sizes. Fast Growing Trees Nursery offers improved varieties that give you fuller, longer lasting blooms while being more mildew & disease resistant.

These varieties of Crape Myrtle are normally recommended by progressive landscape designers and architects, but you'll seldom find them in your local hardware store's garden center. These stores typically wait until a large number of people start requesting a certain variety before stocking it. Unfortunately, it takes several years for the general public to become familiar with new, easier to grow varieties. Meanwhile, these stores continue to sell inferior plants and the chemicals needed to maintain them.

Crape Myrtles are perfect for adding color to your lawn in areas where space is a premium. Plant near powerlines or row your driveway with these flowering crape myrtles that can bloom for up to 120 days throughout the spring and summer.

Not only are these crape myrtle trees a colorful addition to your lawn, but they are easy to grow! New crape myrtle varieties resist disease, grow faster and give you longer lasting, brighter blooms.