Caring for a crepe myrtle in winter can be tricky. The wrong move, and your tree won't live to see spring. Here's how to give ...

Crape myrtles are some of the most attractive and versatile landscape plants.They have been referred to as the lilac of the South and during the summer months they bloom profusely while requiring ...

This set of Star-Telegram stories focuses on innovative gardening techniques to both enhance and manage North Texas landscapes, from the strategic use of colorful crape myrtles to beautify and ...

One of the most beautiful ornamental plants in the landscape is the crape myrtle. During summer months these plants bloom profusely while needing minimum maintenance. They are long-lived, can tolerate ...

Crape myrtles have it all, from beautiful summer blooms to low water needs. Question: While driving along Main Street in Sebastopol last week, I was struck by the beauty of the stately trees with ...

The question about pruning Crepe Myrtles and other plants seem to top the list of questions for this week. The butchers are out there. The time is now for getting in your soil test, so you can amend ...

Question: Some of our crape myrtle limbs have grown quite long. Can they be pruned at this time of the year? Answer: Winds and rains often cause vigorous new crape myrtle growths to droop down and ...

During the summer months, Southern California streets and neighborhoods are ablaze in lovely colors thanks to the eye-catching bloom of heat-loving Crape Myrtle. These “living bouquets” are excellent ...

Crape myrtles are now in full bloom. By now you must have had a chance to gaze at a few varieties and decide which ones you would like to purchase at the Annual Crape Myrtle Sale today at the ...

I’d like to introduce you to one of southern Florida’s most magnificent landscape plants — crape myrtle. Originally grown in Japan, China and parts of Southeast Asia, it’s the supermodel of the plant ...

Gwen and John Saar do enjoy crape myrtles. In fact, they have 14 or 15 growing in their Captain's Point Circle landscape and most were in bloom when I visited. John said he rooted many of the crape ...

Small wonder that the crape myrtle has been called the “lilac of the South.” There is a distinct similarity between the northern lilac and the lilac-colored variety of the southern crape myrtle.