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 ...

Nothing says summer like the 100 days of blooms on crape myrtles that line streets and dot yards throughout Hampton Roads. The crape myrtle has a long and storied history in southeastern Virginia. In ...

Drive down almost any street in Dallas, and you'll see: This is crape myrtle country. But gone are the days of choosing between the red one and the pink one. Now, gardeners can choose shades of red, ...

Hanoi’s summer is welcomed by not only the songs of cicadas, the calls of koels and the reddish hues of flamboyant flowers, but also the bright purple tones of giant crape-myrtle flowers, known in ...

In May when the sound of cicadas signals the advent of summer, giant purple crape-myrtle flowers (known as bang lang) bloom in many streets of Hanoi. In May when the sound of cicadas signals the ...

How dull our summer streetscapes would be without the luscious blossoms of crape myrtles. Be they white, purple, pink or almost red, the plump clusters of blooms set off visual fireworks from April ...

Name: The popular Crape Myrtle tree, with its brilliant summer flower display, is a tree that can cheer anyone who is heat weary. Crinkle-petaled blossoms cluster at branch tips and bloom for many ...

A: You'll delay summer blooms if you prune after new growth has begun in spring. There's no set rule that we must prune crape myrtles. But, if it's desired or needed, the ideal pruning time is late ...

Not long ago, I received the following email: “I have two crape myrtle trees in my front yard, one about 25 years old and one about 10 years old. They are in full sun. They usually bloom later than ...