A dwarf crape myrtle can be alive after an April frost?

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Last year we planted several dwarf crape myrtle and this year in March they started to come into leaf. April came with an unexpected frost for a week and all the crape myrtle leafs are dead. Do you think the trees are still alive and will come into leaf again?. Should I pruned the trees to stimulate the leaf growing or should I fertilize them?. When the new leafs will come?. Thank you in advance for any suggestion.

A dwarf crape myrtle can be alive after an April frost?
yes they are very hardy. As soon as it warms back up you will see budding. Mine did the same thing here in tennessee. They are just now coming back.
Reply:The plants are in shock. Don't fertilize for awhile.





The leaves will sprout in a week, if not, bye bye Myrtle. They are infants (sic) so it is iffy to survive.





Let the patient rest before you trim, clip, prune...