Are North Texas crape myrtles having a bumper crop of blooms because of the weather? Possibly. A mild winter and early spring could have given these trees a little bit of a head start and boosted ...

This will continue into fall and is resulting in early leaf drop on many crape myrtle trees in our area. Infected leaves develop a yellowish to orange-red coloration then fall prematurely ...

Red: True red crape myrtles have been elusive, but no longer. ... 'Zuni' has large medium to dark purple blooms that show in early July and keep blooming for more than 100 days.