Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall. Most varieties produce beautiful blooms starting in spring or ...

I prefer to train crepe myrtles like a fruit tree with an open center. This openness allows sunlight and air into the center, reducing diseases such as powdery mildew, and promotes new growth for ...

Nowadays, crepe myrtles are available in all different sizes from three to 30 feet, so planting the right one to fit the scale of your landscape is crucial. Much of this “topping” can be ...

"Those secondary branches will become more of a primary branch. They will stiffen up. They will start putting on lateral branches, but it can take three to five years to really respond well and get ...

Some years ago a trend started with Crepe Myrtle tree trimming that needs to be stopped. It is called pollarding -- or joking referred to as Crepe murder.

How Tall do Crepe Myrtles Get? Crepe myrtles—or crape myrtles and crapemyrtles if you prefer—range in size from dwarf selections that grow less than 3 feet tall to several large varieties that ...

Esposito Garden Center continues its 2021 series of virtual gardening seminars Saturday with “Pruning Crepe Myrtles and Summer Blooming Trees and Shrubs.” “Join Esposito’s live at 10 a.m ...

The smaller crape myrtles you are likely to find in garden centers or big box stores have names that include Delta, Black Diamond, Ebony, Magic, Enduring Summer, and Early Bird. You’ll find the ...

Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall.