- What it is: Dynamite is one of the cold-toughest of that common Southern landscape tree, the crape myrtle, one rated to tolerate an average central-Pennsylvania winter (down to Zone 6). It produces ...
Also known as "Lilac of the South" due to its popularity in zones 7 to 9, crape myrtle is a deciduous shrub or small tree that explodes with white, deep rose, or magenta blossoms from July to ...
Crape myrtles, an ornamental tree popular in landscapes throughout the state of Delaware, are prized for their beauty, exfoliating bark in shades of silver and cinnamon, and long-lasting flowers in a ...
This fast-growing (up to 5 feet per year) woody plant flowers all summer long, making crape myrtle a popular garden favorite. “Specimen trees can be great for shade in the summer,” says Tracy Harrison ...
The Herald-Sun: Don’t commit ‘Crape Murder.’ Here’s how to properly prune a crape myrtle tree
This improperly pruned crape myrtle tree has undergone “crape murder,” which is when the entire crown of the crape myrtle tree is cut off. Courtesy of Leaf & Limb, a Raleigh-based tree care company ...
Don’t commit ‘Crape Murder.’ Here’s how to properly prune a crape myrtle tree
Whenever I get to the Q&A portion of a talk about pruning trees, there is always a question about how to prune crape myrtles. This time of year, those questions are even more common, as folks start ...
insider.si.edu: Crape myrtle trees aren’t native to the U.S., but hungry native birds still find them tasty
Left, the winged seeds of crape myrtle; and right, an American goldfinch feeding on crape myrtle seed. (Image courtesy Gary Graves) Each year from summer into fall, ornamental crape myrtle trees in ...