Muskogee Crape Myrtle Tree

The Muskogee Crape Myrtle Tree is a beautiful flowering tree with bright and long-lasting, lovely, lavender-pink blossoms that appear in summer and hold up well in hot climates. Muskogee Crape Myrtle has attractive bark that is smooth with gray and tan coloration and as it peels away reveals the bright red inner bark. Lagerstroemia 'Muskogee' Tree provides year-round interest in the garden. Muskogee Crape Myrtle Standard tree is a stately single-trunk tree that typically reaches heights of 20 to 30 feet and widths of 15 to 20 feet and requires very little maintenance.

This vigorous tree does well with humidity and offers a respite from the heat of summer with its canopy of glossy green leaves. This medium sized tree is very beautiful and versatile as it can also be grown as a large shrub, or multi-trunked tree. Lagerstroemia 'Muskogee' is a deciduous tree that will drop its leaves in winter depending on temperatures and is useful in the garden as an accent or background tree. The Muskogee Crape Myrtle Tree is a low maintenance plant that will add color and beauty to any garden. 

Lagerstroemia is also a deciduous tree, meaning it loses its leaves in the winter. Before shedding their leaves, many crape myrtle varieties display beautiful fall colors, such as orange, red, or yellow. This leaf drop is a natural part of their seasonal cycle as they go dormant in the colder months.