Texans already were breeding new crape myrtles at the time, Sperry says. ‘Watermelon Red’ was developed at Munson’s Nursery in Grayson County in the 1920s and became very popular.

Frequent rains during spring and summer resulted in increased leaf spot disease on crape myrtle trees in Northwest Florida. This year’s high humidity and frequent rainfall provided ideal ...

How to Winterize Potted Crape Myrtle If your crape myrtle is in a container gardening setup, Tony has an alternative guide that caters to your potted blooms to help them get through winter.

‘Dynamite’ is the first true red crape myrtle tree form. The cherry red flowers generally appear by early July and continue until frost. Seed product is modest and does not need to be removed ...

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 ...

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin shares advice with area gardeners about crape myrtles, powdery mildew, camellias, fungicide, bird of paradise, plumeria plants, St. Augustine lawn, Valencia orange trees ...

Timing is everything when it comes to pruning a crape myrtle. So when is it too late to prune crape myrtles if you want blooms in the summer? Along with not cutting off next year’s flowers, your ...

Fortunately crape myrtles tolerate all forms of pruning. Horticulturists usually like to leave their shrubs and tree forms with the natural look by providing minimal pruning.

Natchez, Muskogee, Basham’s Party Pink, Sioux and Tonto crape myrtles aren’t as susceptible to cercospora leaf spot as older varieties. The fungal disease appears in late May to early June and ...

Crape myrtles begin blooming in mid-July and continue through the end of September in a variety of colors including white, pink, lavender and red.

For almost every sunny spot in the landscape, there is a crape myrtle variety that will fit, from ground cover through small tree. But the drought-tolerant plants with the pretty blooms can ...

A: There's no problem with planting the crape myrtle seeds, but you won't be able to know what color you have until they bloom in a few years. Even seeds that are collected from a red-flowering ...