Crepe Myrtle Care Guide: Planting, Pruning and the Best Varieties
Crepe myrtles deliver months of summer flowers, sculptural bark and brilliant autumn colour. Here is how to choose and care for them, pruning included.
Crepe Myrtle
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for crepe myrtle in Australian gardens, written by the team at Nursery Near Me.
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Plants That Change Colour Throughout the Year
Japanese maple, nandina, loropetalum and crepe myrtle shift colour as the year turns, giving a garden something new to look at in every season.
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Do Crepe Myrtles Lose Their Leaves?
Yes, and it is nothing to worry about. Crepe myrtles are deciduous, drop their leaves after an autumn colour show, and reshoot in spring with better flowering.
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Frost Tolerant Plants in Australia
One cold night can undo a season of growth. These frost-hardy shrubs, trees and grasses shrug off sub-zero mornings in Australia's colder districts.
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White Crepe Myrtle 'Natchez': Four Seasons of Interest
Flowers all summer, colours in autumn, then reveals cinnamon bark. And the pruning habit that ruins it.
