Pink Crepe Myrtle is a gorgeous tree prevalent in the South, but you don't need to be a Southerner to swoon over this awing specimen. The towering tree can grow very tall, over 100 feet in some cases, and comprehensive with vivid, delicate flowers reminiscent of crepe paper, for which they are aptly nicknamed. The darling flowers have little yellow seedheads, making them even more adorable up close. The tree can quickly grow more than a foot per year, sometimes several.
Pink Crepe Myrtle's Bloom
It is a deciduous tree that begins blooming in Summer and flowers for an average of a hundred days through Autumn. It thrives well in hot and warm weather and requires little attention aside from admiration and perhaps a thirst-quenching watering occasionally, though it is resistant to drought.
Pink Crepe Myrtle's Roots
Pink Crepe Myrtle is the perfect place to plant, relax, read a book, or have a lovely picnic on a sunny afternoon. Upon shedding the generally hardy albeit lacy blossoms, the wind carefully carries the little flowers to the ground, offering further yard decoration. The root system extends multiple times as wide as its above-ground tree, but the roots are usually not problematic or greedy underground, unlikely to disrupt or be a concern for nearby plants, pavement, or house structure like some other trees may be.
Pruning Pink Crepe Myrtle
The Pink Crepe Myrtle is as innocent and sweet as trees can possibly be. Though they do not require pruning to grow well, they would look wonderful pruned into a giant heart shape for the adventurous and extra romantic at heart. Even without the shape, they give off an aura of love. The tree will make your heart sing all year long with its precious pink petal flowers and lovely green leaves turning more red closer to Winter.