On Friday and Saturday, June 21-22, crepe myrtles will be cause for celebration in Natchez, Mississippi. The town is holding its International Crepe Myrtle Festival, which includes educational ...

Gilman and his colleague Gary Knox studied the effects of pruning on Natchez crape myrtles and found that trees that were topped developed six times more dead wood than trees that were pruned ...

Severe pruning that affects plant shape and growth is discouraged. *Uses: Natchez is a large growing crape myrtle best used as an accent tree, space divider or street tree where there is adequate ...

crape myrtles prefer a sunny location and free-draining soil. If you don’t have room for the popular large tree forms that grow between 20 and 30 feet high, such as Natchez, Miami and Choctaw ...

A colleague from the University of Arkansas was placing CMBS monitoring devices under an infested Natchez crape myrtle and described the feeling as being out in a fine misting rain. Ewwwwww!

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 ...

This is normal, and the reddish brown color of the inner bark is considered attractive and one of the notable features of the Natchez crape myrtle. (Courtesy of LSU AgCenter) Q: I bought and ...

Most Crape Myrtles in gardens are varieties of Lagerstroemia ... such as 'Arapaho,' 'Hopi,' 'Natchez,' and 'Zuni.' They are mildew resistant with enhanced cold hardiness and beautiful bark ...

Your nursery should have a list of crape myrtles that they sell that includes resistance to powdery mildew. Those selections including Natchez, Sioux and Catawba are resistant. You can also find a ...

If you have crape myrtles, one maintenance task to add to your checklist is to prune off sprouts that arise from the base of the tree. These sprouts are called suckers, and removing them will ...

Renegar demonstrated proper pruning cuts on a stand of mature 'Natchez' crape myrtles along Winston-Salem's 13th Street. Using a pole saw, he pruned away crossing branches, rubbing branches and ...

Varieties such as Acoma, Muscogee, Natchez, Yuma, Lipan, Sioux, Tuscarora, etc. are the best ones to use today. Crape myrtles definitely have their place in South Carolina landscapes. However ...