The commonly planted Natchez crape myrtle is known for the cinnamon brown inner bark that is revealed when the outer bark ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about crape myrtles, summer vegetables, lemon trees, tomato plants, indoor palms and ...

How to prune crape myrtle is always a popular subject whenever I make a presentation about pruning trees.The discussion always centers around how far back you should prune them.

How to Winterize Crape Myrtle — 4 Things You Should Do Right Now to Protect These Gorgeous Blooms From Frost. Story by Amiya Baratan • 1mo. R oses, hydrangeas, and lavender aside, ...

The reason most often used for topping crape myrtles is that they have gotten too tall. The solution is simple. There are over 1200 varieties of crape myrtle with mature heights ranging from 2 ...

There are crape myrtle cultivars that grow only 2 to 3 feet in height, such as Pocomoke. There are semi-dwarf cultivars that grow to about 12 feet or less in height, such as Acoma, and ...

Gardening 101: Crape Myrtles 02:31. NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Despite being native to China and Korea, the Crape Myrtle is the official shrub of Texas. You can hardly walk down a street in this ...

But in a recent AJC article, you spelled “crepe myrtle” as CRAPE myrtle. Shame, shame! This from an 80-year-old woman! Gloria Duggar, email.

There are some very nice crape myrtles that mature at about 15 feet tall, give or take a few feet. The 8-foot width may be more difficult, as crape myrtles tend to be wider than that at maturity.

This improperly pruned crape myrtle tree has undergone “crape murder,” which is when the entire crown of the crape myrtle tree is cut off. Courtesy of Leaf & Limb, a Raleigh-based tree care ...

Many crape myrtle trees across the D.C. region are infested by a bug called bark scale, which leaves behind a black fungal infection. A cure is elusive.

Beauty and the bugs. Article by Molly Schafer Photos by Michele Walfred and courtesy of UD Cooperative Extension; Jim Robbins, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension; Bugwood.org; and Mengmeng ...