Though springtime in Lancaster County is greeted by a spectrum of blooming trees and shrubs, late-summer color can be hard to ...

'Enduring Summer' Crape Myrtle is a compact flowering shrub that only grows to about 4 to 5 feet tall, so it can fit anywhere.

Name: The popular Crape Myrtle tree, with its brilliant summer flower display, is a tree that can cheer anyone who is heat weary. Crinkle-petaled blossoms cluster at branch tips and bloom for many ...

Crape myrtle cultivars have differing sizes of mature height that include dwarf (less than 4 feet), semi- dwarf (less than 12 feet), intermediate (less than 20 feet), and tree (greater than 20 feet).

Fuschia: 'Tonto' is another attention-grabbing crape myrtle that blows pastel shades out of the water. The 8- to 9-foot shrubs are covered with dark fuchsia flowers for more than two months each ...

How to choose the right crape myrtle March 18, 2015 More than 10 years ago Hopi is another small tree or large shrub with light-pink blooms and gray-brown bark.

Most Crape Myrtle varieties are hardy in Zone 7 or ... “Dynamite” is a red variety that is fairly hardy in the Ohio valley and “Enduring Summer” is a new “re-blooming” variety with ...

My crape myrtles look like they have a bad case of dandruff. The beautiful maple-colored trunk of my huge Natchez favorite is covered in little white spots and a black, sooty mold. The bark on my ...

The Oregonian The late summer pick-me-up that gardeners crave is at hand. Just call on crape myrtle. Not a sexy name, but definitely a don't-miss-me kind of plant, with its panicles of red, pink ...

Gardeners are often advised to plant trees and shrubs in late fall or early winter, when the cooler temperatures make it easier for roots to become established.

Nothing says summer like the 100 days of flowers on crape myrtles that line streets and dot yards in Southern cites. Celebrating the crape myrtle in summer Skip to main content Skip to main content ...