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

Gardening author and podcast host Kathy Jentz praises the beauty of the blooms. "The flowers are borne on long branches in ...

Q: Why is my crape myrtle dead? The bark is splitting and peeling off. Inside, the trunk is black and the wood is moist. The plant beside it has leafed out normally. My grapefruit is another story ...

Zuni crepe myrtles do well in USDA growing zones 6 to 10 and reach a mature height between 4 and 12 feet. ... Fall weather changes the foliage to a range of reddish-orange to deep red hues for ...

Crape myrtles hurt by the extreme cold of February 2021 have gone downhill ever since. Reader photo Dear Reader: The last several years have seen a great deal of die back and even death of crape ...

It grows on the surface of crape myrtle leaves and ... To finish the answer, if you do decide to plant sod, rototill 1 to 2 inches deep ... The ornamental types look like orange-red ...

Dear Neil: Why is my crape myrtle dead? The bark is splitting and peeling off. Inside, the trunk is black and the wood is moist. The plant beside it has leafed out normally. My grapefruit is ...

There are other things, I’m sure, that could kill a crape myrtle, but by now we’re down to rather random possibilities like weedkiller damage, poor drainage (I do note the signs of weakened ...

The trees available will be Elderberry, native Persimmon, Shumard Oak, Crape Myrtle ‘Tonto’, Eastern Red Cedar, Bald Cypress, Dahoon Holly, Sweetbay Magnolia, Red Maple and Chaste Tree.

The name crape myrtle is likely to be due to the resemblance the crinkly flowers have to crepe paper. These are held in loose clusters in late summer on flowerheads that can be up to 20cm long, in ...