MSN: 5 must-know tips for pruning crape myrtles at the best time to boost flowering
Find out when to prune crape myrtles to get the most flowers. Prune crape myrtles in late winter to encourage strong new growth and flower production. Avoid pruning in spring, summer, or fall to ...
5 must-know tips for pruning crape myrtles at the best time to boost flowering
Although native to eastern Asia, crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia) are almost indispensable in the Southern landscape. Their vibrantly colored flowers in shades of pink, purple, red and white from May to ...
NOLA.com: How to care for crape myrtles: Faded flowers and fungus spots are bothering these readers
I would like to know if I need to cut the faded flowers or green seed pods off of my crape myrtle once the flowers have dried up. Looking up online, I get two answers: Some say, yes, cut; others say, ...
How to care for crape myrtles: Faded flowers and fungus spots are bothering these readers
Although native to eastern Asia, crape myrtles are indispensable in the Southern landscape. Its vibrantly colored flowers in shades of pink, purple, red and white from May to September virtually ...
Seattle Times: With fab flowers and great bark to boot, crape myrtles heat things up
The botanical name Lagerstroemia doesn’t mean anything to most of us. Yet these small-scale trees with sumptuous late-summer flowers deserve to be better known and more widely grown. Crape myrtle, as ...
With fab flowers and great bark to boot, crape myrtles heat things up
Houston Chronicle: When pruning crape myrtles, timing is critical to get best summer blooms