Drive down almost any street in Dallas, and you'll see: This is crape myrtle country. But gone are the days of choosing between the red one and the pink one. Now, gardeners can choose shades of ...

Crape myrtles in bloom, ... 'Muskogee': Fast-growing, broad tree 20-25 feet tall with high mildew resistance, light lavender-pink flowers, red-orange fall color, exfoliating bark.

Dark pink/red: Tonto - light brown bark, fuchsia red flowers, rounded habit and good resistance to powdery mildew, maroon fall leaf color, 8-12 feet in 10 years.. Tuscarora - light brown bark and ...

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to ...

(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 ...

Gardeners are often advised to plant trees and shrubs in late fall or early winter, when the cooler temperatures make it easier for roots to become established.

Crape myrtles come in a wide array of sizes ranging from dwarfs that remain at 3 feet to towering trees reaching 45 feet. The smart move is to choose a variety that is just the right size for its ...

Crape myrtle bark scale begins its life cycle as tiny, pink to purple colored crawlers (<mm), which subsequently produce a fuzzy white waxy cover. Females remain sessile under the cover, whereas males ...

The single-trunk crape myrtle is a popular street tree that grows 15 to 25 feet tall and usually does not interfere with power lines. If you have limited space, consider a semi-dwarf variety that ...

Many crape myrtle trees across the D.C. region are infested by a bug called bark scale, which leaves behind a black fungal infection. A cure is elusive.