A striking type of pink crape myrtle could soon be gracing lawns and gardens in southern Florida because of a chance discovery by Agricultural Research Service scientists. Commonly called Pride-of ...

How to choose the right crape myrtle March 18, 2015 More than 10 years ago Hopi is another small tree or large shrub with light-pink blooms and gray-brown bark.

Crape myrtle is one of the most popular landscape plants in the southeastern United States. Most of its popularity is from the crepe-like, crinkled flower petals in shades of red, pink, lavender ...

Crape myrtles, Lagerstroemia spp., are deciduous shrubs or trees native to southeastern China. The crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica, was introduced into England in 1759 and met with dismal ...

Crapes for all gardens. These crape myrtles are among those suited for this growing area: Mature height: 20 or more feet 'Basham's Party Pink': Fast-growing to 40 feet, good mildew resistance ...

Question. Medium-sized pink flowering trees with tubular-like blooms are very attractive in our neighborhood. What is the name of these trees, and what care do they need? Answer. Show-stopping ...

(That’s the white crape myrtle Natchez, photographed last month in Jackson, N.C.) Egolf’s obituary in the Washington Post records that after nearly 30 years of crossing crape myrtles, he ...

Although native to eastern Asia, crape myrtles are indispensable in the Southern landscape. Its vibrantly colored flowers in shades of pink, purple, red and white from May to September virtually ...

My husband wants to plant crape myrtle trees on the side of the house. We live on a corner lot, and this will be nice curb appeal with the proper up lighting. However, I do not want them to be huge.

They produce brown ovoid capsules with six locules [cavities], each containing four winged seeds. There are approximately 570,000 individual seeds in 1 kilogram [2.3 pounds] of crape myrtle seed. That ...