Find out where crape myrtle grows best and how to choose the right variety for your garden. Plus, get tips for pruning and ...

How much water a crepe myrtle needs depends on whether it's a newly planted or established plant. Learn how much water crepe ...

When you close your eyes and think of a Southern summer garden, the first image may be an ancient live oak with low, sweeping branches, but the second image is puffs of sunset sky-colored crepe myrtle ...

the sticky leaves and black trunks take away the attractive appearance of the trees and reduce the price consumers will pay for a tree. Crape myrtle bark scale is relatively easy to identify.

Crape murder is happening all over town. It doesn’t matter how horticulturists talk about proper pruning techniques, each year more and more trees are cut back to stubs. Standard crape myrtles have ...

(WTVF) — If you have a crape myrtle tree in your yard ... with Davey Tree of Nashville says you don't need to trim your trees so aggressively. There's a better way to take care of them.

Why are the trunks of my crape myrtles turning black? They look rather unsightly. Mine aren't the only ones doing this -- ...

White, wooly adults (figure 1, 2) with pink to purple eggs underneath (Figure 3) can be seen in late spring. The first generation was observed in late May through early June using a hand lens or ...

Thereafter trees normally obtain needed nutrients from fertilizer applied to nearby turf and other landscape plantings. Q. Our crape myrtle trees are about 10 feet tall. How much should be trimmed ...

Janet B. Carson, a freelance writer, retired in 2018 from her 38-year career at the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension. She was a horticulture specialist and coordinator of the Arkansas ...