On Friday and Saturday, June 21-22, crepe myrtles will be cause for celebration in Natchez, Mississippi.

Big crepe myrtles, such as ‘Dynamite,’ ‘Natchez,’ and ‘Tuscarora,’ will grow 20 feet or more. They make excellent street trees and can be used in large yards.

Q: We added a Natchez crape myrtle to our landscape this spring, and it's doing well. However, when it blooms, one of its four trunks has pink flowers. How does that happen?

Crape myrtle is one of the most popular landscape plants in the southeastern United States. Most of its popularity is from the crepe-like, crinkled flower petals in shades of red, pink, lavender ...

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. Crape myrtle trees have naturally peeling bark.

The Gonzales Garden Club planted and donated a Natchez crepe myrtle to the Gonzales Police Department during a ceremony on Jan. 15, attended by members of the garden club and their families ...

The Downtown Natchez Alliance on Saturday honored the work of volunteers in Natchez who work to Keep Natchez Blooming in the ...

I think Natchez, Miss., is crape myrtle heaven. I made a short trip there this week, and the crape myrtles are in bloom. If I was an elderly crape myrtle on the brink of death, Natchez is the place I ...

* Uses: Natchez is a large growing crape myrtle best used as an accent tree, space divider or street tree where there is adequate room to grow.