Crepe myrtles are a familiar sight across much of the southern US, easily identified by their vibrant flowers that emerge during late spring and summer. While larger specimens that grow in ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about crape myrtles, summer vegetables, lemon trees, tomato plants, indoor palms and ...

The crepe myrtle gets its name from its delicate, paper-like flowers that bloom in vibrant shades of pink, red, and purple. These easy to grow trees are both heat and drought resistant, and are ...

Try this for a crape myrtle you admire: Collect seed capsules when they turn brown. Let them completely dry on newspaper. When they are fully opened you'll be able to shake many seeds out.

A large crape myrtle tree (20-feet tall) can produce a few pounds of seed each year. They produce brown ovoid capsules with six locules [cavities], each containing four winged seeds. There are ...

Crape myrtles should be pruned in the winter to promote more blossoms, ... to tall trees that grow more than 20 feet. Crape myrtle blooms come in shades of pink, ... by removing seed pods.

Crape myrtles seem to be doing both in some cases. With the rain, many plants have been able to grow. Others are beginning to suffer. Crape myrtles seem to be doing both in some cases.

The Plant Doctor: Prune crape myrtles, but don’t perform ‘crape murder ... the job can be as easy as no pruning at all to some light trimming to remove the limb ends with residual seed pods.

There are crape myrtle cultivars that grow only 2 to 3 feet in height, such as Pocomoke. There are semi-dwarf cultivars that grow to about 12 feet or less in height, such as Acoma, and ...

On today’s Let’s Grow It segment we heard from Jason French, Retail Manager at Stutzman’s Greenhouse and Garden Center. We saw one of his favorite plants, the Crape Myrtles! The large plants ...

How can I get my crape myrtle to grow faster? A. Crape myrtles often grow fast even without special treatment. However, regular watering and light applications of fertilizer will help them grow ...

You can leave a sucker to grow if you want a new crape myrtle tree in that location. Otherwise, the easiest solution is to pull or clip the suckers as they emerge.