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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A row a crepe myrtles trees bloom with pink flowers. - Tony Nguyen/Getty Images Flowering trees and shrubs are a great way to ...

Crepe myrtles should be pruned while the tree is dormant. Learn the best time to prune a crepe myrtle and what happens if you ...

Lake County Extension Office’s “Saturday in the Garden” “Caring for Crape Myrtles” The University of Florida/Lake County Extension Office’s next “Saturday in the Garden,” a speaker series featuring ...

Question: Some of our crape myrtle limbs have grown quite long. Can they be pruned at this time of the year? Answer: Winds and rains often cause vigorous new crape myrtle growths to droop down and ...

Discover what to do with crepe myrtle in March. These 3 jobs will set your tree up for a summer of vibrant flowering. Pruning and mulching are key this month.

Avoid this common pruning mistake before your tree becomes an eyesore.

It is hard to go down any residential street in Jacksonville during the summer without seeing crape myrtles in bloom. They have become the dominant summertime flowering tree throughout the South. In ...

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

Crape myrtles are now in full bloom. By now you must have had a chance to gaze at a few varieties and decide which ones you would like to purchase at the Annual Crape Myrtle Sale today at the ...

Gwen and John Saar do enjoy crape myrtles. In fact, they have 14 or 15 growing in their Captain's Point Circle landscape and most were in bloom when I visited. John said he rooted many of the crape ...

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 ...