Editor's note: Brenda Smith is a graduate of the Extension Service Master Gardener class. This will be an occasional column featuring information indigenous to the area. For more gardening news, see ...

During the summer months, Southern California streets and neighborhoods are ablaze in lovely colors thanks to the eye-catching bloom of heat-loving Crape Myrtle. These “living bouquets” are excellent ...

Although native to eastern Asia, crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia) are almost indispensable in the Southern landscape. Their vibrantly colored flowers in shades of pink, purple, red and white from May to ...

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 but ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. Our 10-year-old crape myrtles turned brilliant colors in early December ...

Lagerstroemia, commonly known as crape myrtle or crepe myrtle, has around 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees that are native to southeast Asia. The crepe myrtle will grow on new wood so prune ...

Brazos has been the "Crape Myrtle Capital County of Texas" since 1991. If your crape myrtles aren't colorful right now, you should improve their environment for next year. Crape myrtles are the ...

The Crape Myrtle, (Lagerstroemia indica), is one of the best ornamental tree choices for our sizzling Northstate summers. This tree absolutely thrives in our summer heat and produces a plethora of ...

This time of year, when we walk outside, we are immediately hit with a thick wall of Northeast Florida humidity. While most of our landscape trees and plants are drooping or having pest and disease ...

It is hard to go down any residential street in Jacksonville during the summer without seeing crape myrtles in bloom. They have become the dominant summertime flowering tree throughout the South. In ...

Last summer, a friend and research horticulturist from the Chicago area stopped by the Linnaeus Teaching Garden in Woodward Park for a visit. He was gracious and complimentary as we walked among ...