In the picture above, it's obvious that something has gone wrong. When you drive past a heavily pruned crepe myrtle tree (occasionally spelled "crape myrtle") your impression might be that someone ...

Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall. Most varieties produce beautiful blooms starting in spring or ...

The crepe myrtle is a spectacular tree and, if kept in good health, it can elevate the look of any garden. To ensure the tree blooms as it should come late spring, and the branches can hold the weight ...

Winter can be a tough time for gardeners and lovers of beautiful foliage and flowers. With so much of nature lying dormant, often under layers of snow or ice, the colorful blossoms of spring and ...

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 ...

Crape myrtle, known as the lilac of the South, is one of the most popular landscape plants in the Southeast. And rightfully so because they are easy to grow and create landscape interest year-round.

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. My husband wants to plant crape myrtle trees on the side of the house.

Although native to eastern Asia, crape myrtles are indispensable in the Southern landscape. Its vibrantly colored flowers in shades of pink, purple, red and white from May to September virtually ...

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 ...

Sudden plunges into arctic temperatures don't give plants time to become hardened to the cold. Here's what could happen to crape myrtles and other plants.

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.