(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Big Pink has been cultivated by Meerow and his colleagues since 2005, when they came upon a street planting of queen's crape myrtle trees with pink, purple, light-lavender, and near-white flowers ...

Crape myrtle, vitex trees can beat heat. By JOAN SWENSON, Californian gardening columnist; Feb 10, 2006 ... Outside my front window our crape myrtle bakes in the afternoon heat.

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 ...

"To keep your crepe myrtle looking more like a tree (and less like a big shrub), trim off the lower branches from the main trunks up to about 5 feet high," Kaiser stated. You can go higher for ...

Question for Dan Gill: I have a nice crape myrtle tree that blooms well and looks healthy. The problem is that there are numerous shoots coming up from the bottom of the trunk. I prune them back ...

Crape Myrtle is on the list of approved street trees of many local cities, partially due to the fact its roots don't damage sidewalks or structures. Use as a focal point in the front yard, entry ...

There are some nice crape myrtles that mature at about 15 feet tall, give or take a few feet. The 8-foot width may be more difficult as crape myrtles tend to be wider than that at maturity.