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.

A large crape myrtle tree (20-feet tall) can produce a few pounds of seed each year. They produce brown ovoid capsules with six locules [cavities], each containing four winged seeds. There are ...

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, ...

I hate it, but crape myrtle bark scale is apparently going to be like fire ants and feral hogs — something we have to live with and deal with every year.

Colorful crape myrtle shoots Join Hicks Nurseries Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19, to celebrate the beauty and color of the crape myrtle. The two-day, family-friendly event will feature a ...

Crape myrtles are now commonly planted in residential and commercial landscapes, and even as street trees. With this tree’s spread has come the idea that it needs to be hacked back.

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 ...

These crape myrtles on McCommas Boulevard in Dallas show us how the trees are meant to look — with natural shapes and exposed root flares.(Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) Leaving a crape ...

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.

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 ...