Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Why do people murder crepe myrtles? No, it's not too much Neanderthal DNA. It's that the variety of crepe myrtle they planted got ...

Dwarf myrtles include cultivars that are less than 4 feet tall when fully grown. These smaller crepes give all the brilliant color of their taller cousins, but because they’re smaller, you can get a ...

McKINNEY - Despite the scorching sun, bursts of bright purples, deep pinks and creamy whites pop from the crape myrtles that line several of this city's main drags. Here, it seems, crape myrtles are ...

Crape myrtle, known as the lilac of the South, is one of the most popular landscape plants in the Southeast. And rightfully so because they are easy to grow and create landscape interest year-round.

Chris Reese says The Briar Patch has the widest selection of crape myrtles in the state. And believe me, he's not kidding! When I pulled into the nursery's parking lot, it seemed as if the crape ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. An artist friend of mine calls crape myrtles “living bouquets.” In the ...

Not long ago, I received the following email: “I have two crape myrtle trees in my front yard, one about 25 years old and one about 10 years old. They are in full sun. They usually bloom later than ...