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, ...

Q: Our crape myrtle got out of control, so we cut it down and had the stump dug up. Two years later, little shoots are appearing in the lawn, anywhere from a few inches to four feet away from the ...

Now’s the time of year you’re most likely to see naked crape myrtle trees, the unfortunate consequence of improper wintertime pruning. The practice has even been given a not-so-affectionate ...

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.

The author blames the practice of "crape murder," or cutting back all branches annually, for the weak growth. Proper pruning, ...

Rarely causing mortality in healthy trees, crapemyrtle bark scale can reduce growth and flowering of crape myrtles. Stressed, small, or containerized trees may be more vulnerable.

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 ...

Q: There’s white stuff all over my crape myrtle foliage and flowers. I’ve never seen it this bad. What is it, and what can I do about it? A: Powdery mildew is the culprit, and it seems … ...

Proper crape (or crepe) myrtle pruning How much to prune : Properly prune your crape myrtle by removing 25% of the crown, and no more than 30%, Moorman said. Anything over 30% is considered over ...

First detected in the U.S. in Dallas in 2004, crape myrtle bark scale is a sucking insect that feeds on the sap of plants. It excretes a sugary solution known as “honeydew,” like what is ...

First of all, the crape myrtle isn’t a shrub. It isn’t even an arbusto, as George W. Bush might put it.The myrtle is quite clearly a tree—one that grows in an inelegant tangle of oft-gnarled ...

WASHINGTON — Crape Myrtle trees are found all over the DMV. They boast beautiful blooms and are a staple of many landscapes. But little white critters, called bark scale, are threatening the trees.