Not long ago, I received the following email: “I have two crape myrtle trees in my front yard, one about 25 years old and one about 10 years old. They are in full sun. They usually bloom later than ...

I usually wait until mid-January to write something on this topic but this week I saw my first severe pruning of a crape myrtle for this dormant season earlier this month. So, instead of visions of ...

DEAR NEIL: I have a crape myrtle plant that must have been killed back to the ground before I bought the house. There are a dozen or more trunks, and I’d like to get it back to being a tree. How do I ...

In the picture above, it's obvious that something has gone wrong. When you drive past a heavily pruned crepe myrtle tree (occasionally spelled "crape myrtle") your impression might be that someone ...

ARDMORE, Tenn. (WAFF) - Want to explore different types of Crape Myrtles and check out vendors from throughout the south? You’re in luck. The 2024 Crape Myrtle Festival will return to John Barnes Park ...

There's good news and bad news at Trident Technical College: we now have crape myrtle scale. The good news is horticulture students get firsthand exposure to this invasive pest. The bad news is we ...

Crape myrtles, an ornamental tree popular in landscapes throughout the state of Delaware, are prized for their beauty, exfoliating bark in shades of silver and cinnamon, and long-lasting flowers in a ...