The commonly planted Natchez crape myrtle is known for the cinnamon brown inner bark that is revealed when the outer bark ...

Crape Myrtle Lagerstroemia X 'Zuni' White: White-flowered 'Acoma' blooms for three months. The leaves turn reddish-purple in the fall, and its cream-colored bark peels away to reveal tannish bark ...

Q. Is it possible for a crape myrtle's blossoms to change colors over time? I planted three `Natchez' crapes in 1997. They always bloomed white until last year. One starts blooming white in May ...

(That’s the white crape myrtle Natchez, photographed last month in Jackson, N.C.) Egolf’s obituary in the Washington Post records that after nearly 30 years of crossing crape myrtles, ...

Crape myrtles grow fairly quickly. They can use a handful of 6-6-6 or 8-8-8 each spring to boost them, but they aren't fussy. About the only disease crape myrtles are susceptible to is powdery ...

* Scientific name: Lagerstroemia hybrid Natchez * Growth habit: A deciduous large shrub to small tree, often with multiple trunks growing to 30 feet tall and wide. The leaves are medium to dark gre… ...

The commonly planted Natchez crape myrtle is known for the cinnamon brown inner bark that is revealed when the outer bark peels. So, there is no need for concern.

With such a wide array of sizes available, crape myrtle can be used as either a bush or a tree. “Varieties that can reach at least 15 to 20 feet are the best to tree form,” Tracy advises.

Q: There’s white stuff all over my crape myrtle foliage and flowers. I’ve never seen it this bad. What is it, and what can I do about it? A: Powdery mildew is the culprit, and it seems … ...

Crape myrtle bark scale begins its life cycle as tiny, pink to purple colored crawlers (<mm), which subsequently produce a fuzzy white waxy cover. Females remain sessile under the cover, whereas males ...