Plant database entry for Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Miss Frances') with 4 images and 35 data details.

Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.) is the quintessential Southern flowering tree but, depending on the variety, it can be grown in Zones 6 - 7 (including New York City). This species does leaf out much later than most trees and shrubs but if you don’t see leaves by the end of May it would seem that your tree has sustained winter damage (or is ...

Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia 'Muskogee') Muskogee has proved to be a fast-growing and tough tree in my zone 6b windy hilltop garden. Newly planted in fall, 2014, Muskogee survived the unusually cold 2014-2015 winter with ease, in contrast to crape myrtle cultivars Hopi, which died, and Velour, which is usually a winter survivor here but which ...

Pink Velour Crape Myrtle is a small tree, growing just over 10' tall at maturity. This variety is especially spectacular because of both the bright pink blooms and the wine-burgundy leaves. Reply to this comment

The flower is named after the blooms, which resemble crepe paper, and because of that I have always spelled it as "crepe". Historically, though, "Crape" has been preferred and either spelling is accepted. For my part, I feel that we should stick with "crepe" since it is an accurately descriptive name, plus "crape" just looks like an ugly name.

Plant database entry for Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Hopi') with 15 images, one comment, and 42 data details.

Plant database entry for Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Twilight') with one image and 47 data details. Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Twilight') in the Crepe Myrtles Database - Garden.org Learning Library

Jul 17, 2006 · Crepe Myrtles are marginally cold hardy in Chicago. Only the more cold hardy varieties have a good chance of survival here.

This crape myrtle has bright red flowers that last for months! It did great its first year in a hot, sunny, dry location with twice weekly watering during the hottest months. It's a National Arboretum cultivar that's supposed to be disease resistant. It did get a little bit of powdery mildew in the summer, but a little neem oil cleared it up.

Aug 2, 2013 · This newly introduced Crepe Myrtle exploded onto the scene last year and had everyone talking about it. But is this really a new variety, or an older, already existing variety that has been repackaged and rebranded? I investigated the situation, and what I …