Florida has more companies producing crape myrtle, however, with 130 compared with 72 in Texas. In the June issue of the journal Plant Disease, the UF/IFAS team outlined the first report of the ...

If you have a spot for a specimen shrub or tree, consider planting a crape myrtle. They are cold hardy, produce attractive flowers and may also provide some free pest control. Since we are on the ...

Question: Crape myrtles are both heavily pruned and not pruned in our neighborhood. What is correct? Answer: Most horticulturists do not prune their crape myrtles or do what is called pencil pruning.

This time of year, when we walk outside, we are immediately hit with a thick wall of Northeast Florida humidity. While most of our landscape trees and plants are drooping or having pest and disease ...

A: Crape Myrtles are finished or just finishing with the blooming season. The lovely Lagerstroemia indica AKA crape myrtle has become a favorite of Central and South Florida gardeners. Crape myrtle is ...

A: First route I recommend is ensuring a positive diagnosis, whether that be from a county extension agent, master gardener, certified arborist or plant professional at a nursery, or from extensive ...

Crape myrtles are hardy, low-maintenance plants that come in a variety of sizes and colors. To encourage summer blooms, prune crape myrtles in late winter or early spring before new growth starts.

Whenever I get to the Q&A portion of a talk about pruning trees, there is always a question about how to prune crape myrtles. This time of year, those questions are even more common, as folks start ...

I’d like to introduce you to one of southern Florida’s most magnificent landscape plants — crape myrtle. Originally grown in Japan, China and parts of Southeast Asia, it’s the supermodel of the plant ...

You’ve probably noticed that crape myrtles are coming into bloom in our part of Texas. They put on a long annual show for us culminating in a dazzling display toward the middle of summer. And we can ...