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 ...

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!

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Crape myrtles love full sun and heat — lots of ... ‘Osage’ grows to 16 feet high by 10 feet wide with a semi-pendulous form. Natchez (L. × fauriei ‘Natchez’) grows to around 20 ...