Even though I am totally dedicated to Texas Native Plants I do appreciate the beauty and usefulness of exotics.
There is a spot at the Dallas arboretum they call Crepe Myrtle allee and it is breathtaking, with the petals on the ground and the flowers overhead. I also love how the wood peels and it is so smooth underneath.

I have admired them for yrs also. Mom has always had one but here in KY it dies back down to the ground. It makes a shrub type bush. Is there any that you can buy that makes a trunk better?

Or do you have to keep trimming to make them?