I have 3 crepe myrtles and occasionally need some help and when I do I always refer to the following website - any time I need help with gardening I turn to Southern Living for the best advice:
Hi Butch, I found the following website that has more pages to it than I care to count about crepe myrtle trees ... an entire encyclopedia about them. Between the link Fiddledd224 gave you and this link I'm giving you, you will be a Crepe Myrtle expert ;) Good Luck with it Butch, and thanks for coming to Hometalk for answers to your Crepe Myrtle problem :)
Sometimes I think the answer depends on what type of soil you have planted your Crepe Myrtle trees in. I have three of them (planted in an awful clay soil), before we bought the house. Some years they are happy and bloom great, but other years they aren't happy and don't bloom. In general they seem to love the summertime heat and good old rose food. I am sure there are plenty of on line sites with expert information (which I do love) but sometimes there is nothing like the personal experiece of someone who has watched and worried over their trees for 10 years. A side note: We have pink Crepe Myrtles currentlu in bloom along our 4 lane street that runs for about a mile and a half. They don't get any special treatment from the city and they are thriving and blooming. Enjoy your trees and don't worry over them, as they are very hardy.
Crepe myrtles are hardy and will grow in just about any soil, but like full son. It would help if we knew what your problem was. Most don't grow below zone 7 but there are a few that grow in zone 6. A lot of people cut them way back in the winter and they come out grow back and bloom the next summer. If they are tall and lanky then you can prune them back by half in the winter after they are dormant and they will bush out more when they grow back the next spring. They are pretty hardy and care free for the most part. I have 4 growing in my yard and take cuttings from them grow in pots and sell every spring. They even over winter here and I am on the line between zones 7 and zone 6b.
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I have 3 crepe myrtles and occasionally need some help and when I do I always refer to the following website - any time I need help with gardening I turn to Southern Living for the best advice:
http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/gardens/guide-crepe-myrtles
Hi Butch, I found the following website that has more pages to it than I care to count about crepe myrtle trees ... an entire encyclopedia about them. Between the link Fiddledd224 gave you and this link I'm giving you, you will be a Crepe Myrtle expert ;) Good Luck with it Butch, and thanks for coming to Hometalk for answers to your Crepe Myrtle problem :)
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/crepe-myrtle/
Sometimes I think the answer depends on what type of soil you have planted your Crepe Myrtle trees in. I have three of them (planted in an awful clay soil), before we bought the house. Some years they are happy and bloom great, but other years they aren't happy and don't bloom. In general they seem to love the summertime heat and good old rose food. I am sure there are plenty of on line sites with expert information (which I do love) but sometimes there is nothing like the personal experiece of someone who has watched and worried over their trees for 10 years. A side note: We have pink Crepe Myrtles currentlu in bloom along our 4 lane street that runs for about a mile and a half. They don't get any special treatment from the city and they are thriving and blooming. Enjoy your trees and don't worry over them, as they are very hardy.
Crepe myrtles are hardy and will grow in just about any soil, but like full son. It would help if we knew what your problem was. Most don't grow below zone 7 but there are a few that grow in zone 6. A lot of people cut them way back in the winter and they come out grow back and bloom the next summer. If they are tall and lanky then you can prune them back by half in the winter after they are dormant and they will bush out more when they grow back the next spring. They are pretty hardy and care free for the most part. I have 4 growing in my yard and take cuttings from them grow in pots and sell every spring. They even over winter here and I am on the line between zones 7 and zone 6b.