It’s definitely a Crape Myrtle — there are a few dwarf varieties that stay very small, with that mounding shape … and even more so if you get a lot of below freezing winter temps. Does it die back to the ground in winter?

Just out of curiosity, why are some of the limbs trimmed back (second picture)?

They are very hardy and stay green all winter and do not die back to the ground. In the second picture, those are some dead limbs that I need to cut back. We had a very cold winter and my tall English Laurels died back to the ground. They are coming up from the stump. Here is a picture of the last one to be cut down.

Oh, ok, then my ID is wrong, my apologies. CMs are never evergreen, no matter climate (I’m in Tx).

I just enlarged the photos more and am now wondering if they’re a type of dwarf Abelia.

Hopefully the experts see this and can tell you! Again, my apologies for the wrong ID. I clearly need to get my eyes checked!

Well, I hate to say this but they may lose their leaves in the winter, now that I think about it, I can't remember. I'm really embarrassed but I'm also getting really old. I guess I will make a special note of what happens to their leaves this winter. So, you probably are correct.

Someone will know for sure, I’m looking forward to seeing what others say. I’m really leaning to Abelia. Mine are semi-evergreen (we do get freezing weather) and the limbs of yours just don’t say Crape to me upon further inspection.

I’ve been growing CMs for 25+ yrs and am embarrassed at my mistake! :)

Yea, it looks a lot like non-native Abelia. Its leaves are too small and pointy, and trunks too small and rough to be Crepe Myrtle.

I’ve had Pocomoke & Bellini dwarf CM’s, but they get 2-3’ tall & wide- maybe more. Also branching habit is more upright, not as delicate and arching as these.

It’s a dwarf crape myrtle that has been severely pruned. I doubt it would ever stay 9” high with no trimming.

Well the leaves are turning brown and falling off so it's a Crepe Myrtle I guess.

The popular thing at BBS's lately seems to be dwarf shrubs. IDK where people are putting all of these things, but beware of buying shrubs with cultivar names. It's worth looking them up to see if they are landscape plants, or mini garden plants. I love mini plants as much as anyone, but I've been fooled 3 times in the past few yrs trying to buy landscape plants @ BBS's and ending up with tiny things that will never be the big shrubs I thought I was buying.

I wouldn't expect the leaves to be going brown in Autumn if it's a crepe myrtle. (They might colour up a little though with something nicer than brown.) Maybe it's an abelia and there's a bit of bronze to it. Surprisingly hard to tell for certain which one it is from the photos; I think one and then the other.

Hang on, it's got red flowers. So it must be crepe myrtle. As has already been said, there are dwarf varieties, as in shrub size, but it wouldn't surprise me if by now there are very, very short, squat varieties. And in the pictures, they do look squat. So I'm now saying it's crepe myrtle. Do all the leaves fall off in winter?

ETA: Hang on, they stay green in winter??

E(again)TA: Oh that's right, you realised they do fall off. I'm getting old too.

They're slowly coming back out even on branches that look dead. They are not big beautiful rose bushes, but I enjoy them.