For vibrant summer color, few flowering plants can compete with the crepe myrtle. Just look around your neighborhood. Nearly every street in the South is lined with these blooming trees from mid-June ...

Multiple crepe myrtle trees growing in a housing development. - Olesia Bilkei/Shutterstock You may be tempted by the fluffy blooms and attractive bark on crepe myrtles, but think twice before planting ...

This improperly pruned crape myrtle tree has undergone “crape murder,” which is when the entire crown of the crape myrtle tree is cut off. Courtesy of Leaf & Limb, a Raleigh-based tree care company ...

The latest threat to our landscape focuses on crepe myrtles, that summer-flowering small tree that’s becoming more and more popular as the climate warms. An Asian-native bug known as crepe myrtle bark ...