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 ...

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? What can we do to get ...

Q: I bought and planted a Natchez crape myrtle tree about two years ago. Last year, it bloomed very sparingly, and this year it has only one flower head, and not a large one at that. No buds even!

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 ...

The crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) was introduced into England in 1759 and met with dismal failure because it didn't flower. But when it was brought to the south, the plant flourished.

*Scientific name: Lagerstroemia hybrid Natchez *Growth habit: A deciduous large shrub to small tree, often with multiple trunks growing to 30 feet tall and wide. The leaves are medium to dark ...

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 ...