Identify tree

[livsea2]

There's a common tree planted often in the Villages landsce package. It usually has three or four trunks to it so I am assumig it is a clump of three or four trees planted together? Can someone identfy it? I have three of them planted around my lot.
Thanks.

[perrjojo]

Sounds like a crepe myrtle to me.

[mulligan]

Sounds like crepe myrtle

[Cobh521]

I would venture to agree that it is a crepe myrtle. There are different varieties. They get beautiful flowers in the summer. You can see them along Buena Vista Blvd

[kittygilchrist]

Plant ID Ornamentals Crapemyrtle - Florida Master Gardener Program - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/mastergardener/outreach/plant_id/ornamentals/crapemyrtle.shtml)

[perrjojo]

Plant ID Ornamentals Crapemyrtle - Florida Master Gardener Program - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/mastergardener/outreach/plant_id/ornamentals/crapemyrtle.shtml)

Too bad the tree in this photo has been the victim of "crepe murder". I hate to see this improper pruning of the beautiful crepe myrtle tree.

[buggyone]

I miss the lilac bushes we used to have "up North". Such a beautiful fragrance when they bloomed. I guess Florida is just not the right climate for them.

[Carl in Tampa]

Too bad the tree in this photo has been the victim of "crepe murder". I hate to see this improper pruning of the beautiful crepe myrtle tree.

Not at all "improper." It is a matter of taste. The Crapemyrtle can be developed as a bush or as a small tree, depending upon how it is pruned. It can have multiple trunks (actually multiple trees) or a single trunk. It can be pruned to have its branches thrust upright or it can have a rounded shape, like those in the photo. And, of course, it comes in a variety of colors.

The photo in the link is actually from the University of Florida Master Gardener's Program.

Having said all that, I agree with you in principle. I do not like the way these particular plants were pruned and presented.

[Bonanza]

If it is starting to bloom, it�s a Crape myrtle. If it has dark green foliage, it�s a Ligustrum.

Big difference . . .

While crepe myrtles do come in white,
the flowers are much larger than most of those
in the ligustrum/privet family.

Also -- Ligustrums do not bloom in color.

[Doro22]

There's a common tree planted often in the Villages landsce package. It usually has three or four trunks to it so I am assumig it is a clump of three or four trees planted together? Can someone identfy it? I have three of them planted around my lot.
Thanks.

If you can post a photo, I am sure many people on this forum will give you a correct answer.

[Ruthtomnorma3]

CREPE MYRTLE!!
Waco,Tyler,and Longview TEXAS all are the city of this beautiful tree or bush....
From what I have noticed , it does not bloom as long as back home ....

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

There's a common tree planted often in the Villages landsce package. It usually has three or four trunks to it so I am assumig it is a clump of three or four trees planted together? Can someone identfy it? I have three of them planted around my lot.
Thanks.

I'd bet it's a wooden tree.