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Do you chop it back every year? Crape Myrtle is typically more of a tree form.

It is often treated as a die-back shrub in zone 6.

I would amend that to read "it often acts like a die-back shrub in zone 6" :-)) And it could also be one of the newer dwarf forms on the market, like Berry Dazzle.

No, it's not chopped every year. I think it's a shrub form of the tree. ;)

Yep Crape Myrtle. If it comes back each year you could grow it into tree, but some colder winters will have it die back to the ground.

There are so many varieties that reach all sizes. If it is a "dwarf" variety here in N. TX. then you can cut it back to the ground each year. The taller varieties ( I have 25 ft. Natchex ) will not respond so well in colder areas.