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Once established, crepe myrtles only need water about once every other week.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 10 June 2025
While the adults chew on ornamental plants, fruit trees, berry plants, and many different shade and ornamental trees such as linden, Japanese maple, crepe myrtle, and flowering crabapple, the grubs feed on the roots of turfgrasses and vegetable seedlings, says Potter.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
Several olive trees toward the front of the property are in decent shape, and the crepe myrtle is only slightly burnt.
—Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025
Even a low-maintenance tree like a crepe myrtle needs water.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2025
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 10 June 2025
While the adults chew on ornamental plants, fruit trees, berry plants, and many different shade and ornamental trees such as linden, Japanese maple, crepe myrtle, and flowering crabapple, the grubs feed on the roots of turfgrasses and vegetable seedlings, says Potter.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
Several olive trees toward the front of the property are in decent shape, and the crepe myrtle is only slightly burnt.
—Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025
Even a low-maintenance tree like a crepe myrtle needs water.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Crepe myrtle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crepe%20myrtle. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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