Why do named varieties of crape myrtles seem to disappear from nurseries? Two popular names from the past, Watermelon Red and ...

If you’ve been patiently awaiting crepe myrtle flowers and your plants are still only producing leaves, your crepe myrtles may be struggling with one of these issues: Crepe myrtles bloom on new ...

It begins flowering in mid-summer before the dark green ... before falling. Crepe myrtles respond well to pruning, which is best done in mid-winter, when trees are bare of leaves.