This fast-growing (up to 5 feet per year) woody plant flowers all summer long, making crape myrtle a popular garden favorite. “Specimen trees can be great for shade in the summer,” says Tracy ...

Saucer magnolias are among the first trees to ... Proska says. Crape myrtles can bloom in a variety of shades, including pink, red, white and lavender.(Gary Fink) Crape myrtle: “Crape myrtles ...

If you have chosen a standard variety, let it mature and become the beautiful tree it was meant to be! Crape myrtle trees bloom ... difficult time supporting any flowers. Open the plant up ...

Few knew he was also involved with crape myrtles. Glendora White ... flowers? It seems like that attracts them. Slugs, snails, and pillbugs like to hang out in warm, moist settings. Mulch and ...