Question
We transplanted our Crepe Myrtle tree a year and a half ago. Last year it bloomed a little. This year nothing so far. We live in Northern Virginia and all the other Crepe Myrtles in the area are blooming. It is on the NE corner of the house, about 15 feet from where it was previously. What should we do to get it to bloom?

Answer
Too things that slow crept myrtle from blooming--not enough sunlight and the need for fertilizer, Not much you can do about the sunlight beyond moving the tree and this may cause more damage than it is worth. I would fertilize the tree with 10-10-10 fertilizer at the rate of 1 lb of fertilizer per inch of trunk diameter scattered around the tree and watered in good. Fertilize just before a rain storm and you will not need to water.