There are trees for sale on Amazon.com, such as Crepe myrtle 'Dynamite'.

The patent for this plant is 20 years old, which means that it can be legally propagated asexually.Be careful!Double Dynamite is a new variety created by the same scientist who created the old variety.Be careful of the difference.

They grow well in containers and can be kept warm in a garage or on a porch.Crepe myrtles are not hardy in zone 5, even the toughest ones die-back near the ground after winter.The new growth starts late, sometimes as late as the end of May or beginning of June, but I have grown a few that way.If you live in a cold area, I would recommend growing them as container plants.

I live in zone 7a and have crepe myrtles.They are 3 years old and healthy.I feed them food and they are in the shade.They all look gorgeous, but they have never bloomed.I don't know why this is.

I was wondering if anyone kept one in a large pot in the winter or if it did well in zone 4 because the weather has changed here.Some plants that are not in this zone have had good luck.Thank you.

In September of 2010 I planted two of these plants.They looked good until this year.The plants were set back earlier this year.We had a freeze in April that killed everything.I trimmed the growth after it turned black.The foliage exploded by early July.The contrast is amazing and I use them in front of Japanese red cedar.As I expand a screening on one side of my property, I hope to find more.

In the fall of 2010, I planted a small one in Zone 6.It survived a cold and snowy NY winter with a few dead branches.The tree doesn't fall until May after everything else.The tree does not grow in line with what you would expect in the spring.When the yard has no leaves in the spring, everything in it is in bloom.I gave it more time because it was almost cut down.It started growing vigorously in May.You have to wait until August to get flowers.It's worth the wait.Some flowers open up, but then turn red.

This is the second year that I have had this plant.There is a borderline 6b/7a zone in Martinsburg.It is planted in the open yard.It is slow to grow in the spring.The crepe myrtles in the area have flowers that are deep red.

I have planted 4 of these around my lawn and all have done well.After 5 years in the ground, they are now putting on some size and look great in bloom.I live in Delaware and have not had any problems with winter damage.

The color of this one is hard to believe.It is a red color.When I passed Lowe's last year, I laid some rubber on the road.I bought a gallon.They were gone in a day.I've had it for a year.It looks healthy but hasn't grown much.It is red.

I received a plant that I had ordered a long time ago.Can anyone tell me if I should plant it now or wait until spring?Zone 6 is in North Bergen County.Some of the neighbors have myrtles.Thanks, Drora.

Last summer, it was purchased from a small local nursery.The more pink looking colors I found at Lowe's and Home Depot were deep true red blooms.I'm waiting for its first blooms this year.

Two years ago, I bought this plant at Lowes.They were taking it off the delivery truck and only one was available and it was flame red.I had many people admiring it and two people wanting to buy it from me when I got to the checkout counter.I didn't think I would have problems with humid mildew in south Florida.I fertilize it with rose fertilization in April and June.I clip off the flower stem after flowering to keep it a standard.It is what a looker it is.

There are beautiful red flowers with no pink.The end of every shoot is covered in buds.No illness or disease.

I kept the receipt because I was skeptical that it would make it through the winter.I thought it was time for the refund but it sprouted from the base around June 15th and I couldn't believe it.It put on a show as well.It had many pretty red flowers for a long time and bloomed in early October.I'll post a picture of it when it's still in bloom.The picture shows how much it died.It used to be much taller than it is now.I will get the weeds out of there better this year.Here is a small shrub that is still beautiful.It won't grow very big like I think it will.Will be.

It is located along a south facing wall in southeastern PA.It grows along the south wall and is cut back to 4' in the spring.If the flowers are opening during cloudy weather or planted in too much shade, they can be off-color.

I have seen this plant grow in Virginia and it was starting to bloom white.

Does anyone know what the differences are between the two varieties?We're giving my father in-law the red crepe myrtles because he likes them.He's pretty specific.The color is the most important to him.Is one more of a "true red" than the other?I would really like to know if anyone knows.Thanks!

Carolmac7, be sure to give us an update on how it does with humidity.I don't have problems with powdery mildew because of the low humidity in CA.I purchased 2, a multi branch and a standard.My lagers are hybridized for disease and pest resistance.There is a red lager that is not orange-red.The blooms are large.If the hybridizers only came out with a dwarf, evergreen, red-leaved, white-flowering plant.