Crepe myrtles come in a brilliant array of colors sure to brighten any yard. But they also come in many different heights and choosing the one that best fits the space you have is the key to ...

Crepe myrtles roots are shallow and not invasive but keep a safe distance from the foundation, the same footage as the plant reaches at maturity (5 feet for a 5-foot plant). As a Mini Grove ...

Crape myrtle is a quintessential South Carolina plant. In fact, the first crape myrtles to ever to be planted in the western hemisphere were introduced by Andre Michaux into Goose Creek, South ...

Crape myrtle cultivars have differing sizes of mature height that include dwarf (less than 4 feet), semi- dwarf (less than 12 feet), intermediate (less than 20 feet), and tree (greater than 20 feet).

Dwarf crape myrtles mature at a height of 5 feet, medium crape myrtle cultivars grow up to about 15 feet in height and tall or tree-size crape myrtle cultivars exceed 15 feet and often grow to 20 ...

The proper way to prune crape myrtles. Published 12:00 am Sunday, February 28, 2021 ...

There are four main categories of size for crape myrtles, from dwarf (3 to 5 feet), intermediate (5 to 10 feet), medium (10 to 20 feet), and tall (more than 20 feet).

Carol Frary is a graduate of the Extension Service Master Gardener class. This column runs biweekly and feature information indigenous to the area. To have your question answered call the ...

(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 ...

Please. No ties or cologne for dad on Father's Day. Get him one of the new generation crape myrtles. They are absurdly easy to grow, bloom through early fall and look great in virtually any garden ...

DEAR NEIL: I had several rose bushes that developed rose rosette virus just as you have described. I knew that I needed to take them out right away, and I ...