As you’re planting your crape myrtle, be mindful of its surroundings. It needs full sun and deep, rich soil that will retain ...

Although native to eastern Asia, crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia) are almost indispensable in the Southern landscape. Their vibrantly colored flowers in shades of pink, purple, red and white from May to ...

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 ...

Question: While driving along Main Street in Sebastopol last week, I was struck by the beauty of the stately trees with abundant white flowers that line the avenue. What are they? Are they suitable ...

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 ...

Let’s say you were looking for the perfect tree for California gardens. Something that didn’t grow too big, that developed in a graceful manner with little pruning, that bloomed like mad in late ...

Lake County Extension Office’s “Saturday in the Garden” “Caring for Crape Myrtles” The University of Florida/Lake County Extension Office’s next “Saturday in the Garden,” a speaker series featuring ...

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 ...

New, smaller crape myrtles fit better in most gardens while providing lots of flower power and sometimes colorful purple leaves too. Older, large types like Natchez, Muskogee, and Tuscarora grow into ...

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 ...

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.