Finally, in 1996, he released ‘Dynamite,’ the first crape myrtle on the market with true-red flowers. These are not pinkish red or purplish red, but fire-engine red. Three years later, ...

Name: The popular Crape Myrtle tree, with its brilliant summer ... and darkly hued foliage. Examples are: 'Dynamite' and 'Red Rocket,' both with red flowers and reaching 20 feet tall.

Crape Myrtle is a woody shrub or small specimen ... but dwarf forms are available. “Dynamite” is a red variety that is fairly hardy in the Ohio valley and “Enduring Summer” is a new ...

What it is: Dynamite is one of the cold-toughest of that common Southern landscape tree, the crape myrtle, one rated to ... It produces clusters of salmony-red flowers from July to September.

However, today a different plant is increasingly appearing on the gardening scene: the Indian crape myrtle. Once thought to ...

The medium-sized crape myrtles with red flowers that were recognized were Country Redland Dynamite. For a tall crape myrtle with red flowers, Parsons identified Red Rocket. Red Rocket has a high ...

But I've never known a `Natchez' or any crape myrtle to change bloom color. I asked around for an explanation. While one source noted that `Dynamite,' a red crape, may show some white in its ...

Finally, about a decade ago, after years more work, Whitcomb introduced Dynamite, the first crape myrtle with true red flowers. Since then, several red cultivars have been developed, and some ...

The color of the flowers on your crape myrtle is a good indicator of how much your plants will bloom. The spectrum runs from lavender through red. Lavender selections usually bloom the most ...

For years, the magnolia was considered the queen of spring gardens. However, today, a different plant is increasingly ...

Norfolk’s is “the only national collection of crape myrtle in the nation,” according to O’Neil. Crape myrtle 101 With the large number of varieties available, selecting a crape myrtle is ...