While most gardeners select a crepe myrtle for its showy, papery flowers in the summer, once they are gone the leaves put on a brilliant blaze of red, orange, and yellow in the fall. Long, cool, ...

Brazos has been the "Crape Myrtle Capital County of Texas" since 1991. If your crape myrtles aren't colorful right now, you should improve their environment for next year. Crape myrtles are the ...

Crape myrtles are hardy, low-maintenance plants that come in a variety of sizes and colors. To encourage summer blooms, prune crape myrtles in late winter or early spring before new growth starts.

Take a look outside, and you might see that your crape myrtle’s leaves are turning shades of yellow, orange and red and falling to the ground. Is this a sign that autumn is near? Not quite. This time ...

So far, 2025 has been the best year I’ve seen for crape myrtles in the past 15 or 20. Many of us feel they’re the best flowering shrubs and small trees for the South, and this year is certainly ...