My favorite is a glossy red new growth compact variety named Summerlasting Strawberry.” For tree-form crape myrtles, choose medium or large varieties like Dynamite, Muskogee, or Natchez.

Why do named varieties of crape myrtles seem to disappear from nurseries? Two popular names from the past, Watermelon Red and ...

I usually wait until mid-January to write something on this topic but this week I saw my first severe pruning of a crape myrtle for this dormant season earlier this month. So, instead of visions ...