While it won't result in repeat blooming, deadheading crepe myrtle flowers will keep your shrubs looking their best ...

Dear Neil: Why is my crape myrtle dead? The bark is splitting and ... As for the grapefruit tree – that really does look like freeze damage. I see a light at its base and a plastic bag rolled ...

Crape myrtle trees (Gymnocladus dioicus) are known for their vibrant summer blooms, which come in shades of purple, pink, white, and red. They are characterized as deciduous shrubs or small trees ...

About a year ago, we redid our flowerbeds and added three crape myrtle trees. My trees have black ... dropping now have probably turned orange, red or yellow with black spots.

Medium-sized pink flowering trees with tubular-like blooms are very ... There is lots of sooty mold on our crape myrtle that did not bloom this year, and it’s spreading to the confederate ...

It’s the same process you see beneath oaks, elms and other large shade trees that have summertime ... But let’s back up just a bit. Crape myrtle bark scale probably came into America on ...

or trees, which can grow more than 20 feet. Crape myrtle blooms come in shades of pink, red, lilac and white. Be sure to grow them in a sunny location for maximum flower production. Like most ...

Crepe myrtles are a go-to flowering tree ... myrtle they planted got way too big for their space. Thankfully gardeners and growers both saw the need for smaller, more compact crepe myrtles—or ...

The crape myrtle is not suitable for coastal and foggy areas as this tends to cause mildew. The same problem occurs if the tree is planted in the shade. The following hybrids which were all developed ...

Our crape myrtle shrub is sprouting vigorous shoots from the base. Do we cut these off? Answer. Unless you want a shrub or small tree with additional ... often almost solid red to a blend of ...

Blooms are but one of crape myrtle’s charms. The trees are worth growing for their graceful form, and as summer fades, the glossy green foliage turns fiery shades of orange, gold and red in one ...