As you drive around the South, I challenge you to find a town without crepe myrtles. My town has planted white crepe myrtles along every main thoroughfare so that it looks like the trees are covered ...

The South's love affair with crepe myrtles is undeniable. In some areas, you see them on practically every street—and for good reason. Few plants can match their combination of spectacular summer ...

For vibrant summer color, few flowering plants can compete with the crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica). Just look around your neighborhood. Nearly every street in the South is lined with these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If crepe myrtles stop flowering, these tips will help your plants rebloom The Spruce / Jayme Burrows Known as the "lilac of the ...

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 ...

You’ve probably noticed that crape myrtles are coming into bloom in our part of Texas. They put on a long annual show for us culminating in a dazzling display toward the middle of summer. And we can ...

I usually wait until mid-January to write something on this topic but this week I saw my first severe pruning of a crape myrtle for this dormant season earlier this month. So, instead of visions of ...

Whenever I get to the Q&A portion of a talk about pruning trees, there is always a question about how to prune crape myrtles. This time of year, those questions are even more common, as folks start ...

If you have the space for it, gardening on any level can be a very rewarding experience. And if you are looking for ways to upgrade your outdoor space going into the summer season, Costco has the ...