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 ...

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 ...

Don't let old growth see another spring.

When you need to add a pop of color to your landscape, the crepe myrtle is worth considering. You can grow this highly ornamental flowering plant as a large tree or a smaller shrub. However, crepe ...

A question for Dan Gill: My husband wants to plant crepe myrtle trees on the side of the house. I want them, but I do not want them to be huge. Are there smaller-growing crape myrtles? I was thinking ...

The time is now for getting in your soil test so you can amend the soil by spring time. Do you have any disease-prone plants (such as roses) that could benefit from a little sanitation? What is the ...

Stop fertilizing and reduce watering in fall to help crepe myrtles transition into winter dormancy. Fall is prime time to plant new crepe myrtles and prep existing ones with mulch and pest control.

This improperly pruned crape myrtle tree has undergone “crape murder,” which is when the entire crown of the crape myrtle tree is cut off. Courtesy of Leaf & Limb, a Raleigh-based tree care company ...

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

Crepe myrtle trees are the link between my past and my present. I grew up in Virginia on a street named Cedar Lane that was lined with crepe myrtle trees. When they bloomed it was like an entire ...

The ancestral Dutchman collared me the other day, and with the squint of an ancient mariner, proceeded to reveal to me the wondrous phenomenon overtaking his crepe myrtle. There on the trunk, herds of ...