Crapemyrtles are one of the few plants that can be planted during the hot summer season. Just make sure that you keep them well watered. Some hand watering may be ...

Crapemyrtles come in four sizes: The standard plant grows 15 feet to 35 feet; a shrublike version grows 6-15 feet; and a ...

Crape myrtles have put on their dazzling display lately, but crape myrtles are a flowering tree that needs care.

Native to China, Japan, and the Philippines, crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia indica) are so popular in the South, you probably ...

Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

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For a long-blooming tree, it's hard to top crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia). "Most Southerners know that crape myrtle blooms literally all summer long," says arborist Doug Still. "Thriving in the ...

Crape myrtles across Texas started doing this, plus how to turn purpleheart into groundcover By Neil Sperry, Contributor Oct 11, 2024 ...

Hardiness, hotter summers helping colorful crape myrtles find homes here Many are hardy enough, but we were never hot enough. In recent summers, however, I’ve seen them blooming in local gardens ...

Joellen Dimond discusses choosing nursery plants and Wes Hopper prunes crape myrtles.

My husband wants to plant crape myrtle trees on the side of the house. We live on a corner lot and this will be nice curb appeal with the proper up lighting. However, I see crape myrtles that grow ...

With its beautiful blooms providing a showy display from July to September, the Crape Myrtle, becomes a colorful focal point after the spring flowers have faded.