Each year I am impressed with the array and masses of color from our area crape myrtle plants. The common crape myrtle, Lagerstromia indica, is from China and Korea. It was introduced to America in ...

Flowering trees are a wonderful way to attract birds and butterflies to your garden, but many yards are simply not large enough for a full-sized tree. Enter the dwarf (or semi-dwarf) crape myrtle ...

Dwarf myrtles include cultivars that are less than 4 feet tall when fully grown. These smaller crepes give all the brilliant color of their taller cousins, but because they're smaller, you can get a ...

'Sacromento' is a miniature shrub perfect for a small garden. Crape myrtle shrub 'Berry Razzle Dazzle' is perfect for use in a decorative container. Crape myrtle 'Black Diamond' has dark foliage in ...

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 ...

New, smaller crape myrtles fit better in most gardens while providing lots of flower power and sometimes colorful purple leaves too. Older, large types like Natchez, Muskogee, and Tuscarora grow into ...

This time of year, when we walk outside, we are immediately hit with a thick wall of Northeast Florida humidity. While most of our landscape trees and plants are drooping or having pest and disease ...