Tree 25 feet- Replacing
Q: A tree in my front yard died and I need to replace it. I’d like it to be no more than twenty-five feet at maturity, low maintenance, colorful and drought resistant. Can you help me come close?
A: My first choice would be a large tree-form crapemyrtle. The following meet your criteria:
(ED NOTE: you can put these in a column or sequentially with commas…your choice)
‘Biloxi’ (light pink)
‘Kiowa’ (white)
‘Red Rocket’ (red)
‘Natchez’ (white)
‘Bashams Party Pink’ (lavender pink)
‘Fantasy’ (white)
‘Dynamite’ (true red)
-
Advertisement
-
Follow Walter
-
Advertisement
-
-
July calendar
Flowers are starting to fade, so remove faded flowers and the stems that hold them. Summer...
Get The Checklist
-
-
-
name that plant
Post your puzzlers and help others with theirs.
Start Here
-
-
Trending Posts
-
1
Garlic – Identification
-
2
Holes in Ground – Squirrels, Not Voles
-
3
Zoysia – General Notes
-
4
Houseplants – Winter Care
-
5
Night-Blooming Cereus – ID
-
1
Treehoppers under sunflower leaves, gardener bitten by carpenter ant
-
2
Box Plant Recommendations: Dimensions and Flowers
-
3
Blood lily Seeds and Propagation
-
4
I’m retiring from radio (mostly)
-
5
Christmas/Thanksgiving Cactus – Care and Propagation
-
-
Walter’s Bookshelf
Browse and purchase gardening books by Walter Reeves, plus select titles by other authors.
View books -
Popular topics
Soil Spring Summer Seed Winter Fall Flowers Weed Fertilizer Disease Shade Temperature Pots Oak Pine Pruning Mulch Watering Container Maple Compost Birds Herbicide Tomatoes Azalea Moisture Poison Pears Hydrangea Glyphosate Cherry Caterpillar Roundup Pests Irrigation Pre-Emergent Pesticide Stone Dogwood Peach Spider Pine Straw Magnolia Greenhouse Squash Squirrels Beans Travel Lemon Japanese Maple