Last year I bought two trees in the 6' range and they set me back more than I really wanted to spend.  Does anyone have a source for possibly younger Crape Myrtles that are closer to the $50 range?  I really like the look of the Dynamite myrtle but wont be picky as I need around 4 or 5 for my backyard project.

Thanks

Seaside Landscapes north of Vero might have a few.  772 584 0944, 8 am to 4 pm, Mon-Fri.

Thanks for sharing the info, I live super close to them so its a much better option than Vero - by the way thanks ww for the suggestion. 

the city lined my street with CMs.  I hate them.  they stained my white vehicles.

Yo no estoy casado.

Pero mi esposa esta casada.

I've got a huge Live Oak in my driveway, if I dont put the car in the driveway or don't stay on top of washing our silver car regularly it'll stain the paint as well.  Sure do love that shade though. 

Crawford's prices for 100 gallon crape myrtles are really good.  The varieties they list grow really large and can make excellent street trees, provided idiots with chain saws are kept away from them.  Leu Gardens in Orlando has a couple of towering Muskogees.

Yeah, those prices are really really low.  I emailed him, havent got a response yet.  I may just call him, I think this is probably a wholesale supplier only.  Maybe I could somehow convince him to sell to me if I bought a huge amount of stock from him! 

Thinking of crape myrtles, thanks to plant breeding, different varieties have wildly different mature sizes.  The big ones are mostly the result of hybridizing with Lagerstroemia faurei, a particularly tall species (or subspecies) from Kagoshima in southern Japan, an area that gets typhoons.  Here in Florida, experience shows that crapes are highly wind resistant.  Good hurricane trees that will help protect your house, while small enough to fit in most yards.  The downside is that they aren't native, and don't support the insects that feed birds (oaks provide lots of bird food).  Nor do they produce squirrel food (acorns).  

UF research after the 2004-2005 hurricane seasons provided support for the idea that trees mostly provide hurricane protection.  Some are much better than others, with live oaks and crapes among the best.  Laurel oaks, at least old ones, are lousy.  Hurricane Charley did a laurel oak massacre in the Winter Park area.  Leu Gardens lost something like 150 of them.

It's best to find a variety that naturally reaches the correct size.  While it's growing, you can train it, like any other tree, to grow in the correct direction.  This UF guide sorts out the varieties by height.  Note that Dynamite® is both tall and "best red flower color yet!"

Nah, he never responded via email but, I do have a plan in place....  Edit: he responded to me, we are in biznass.

Thanks again for sharing the info.