The commonly planted Natchez crape myrtle is known for the cinnamon brown inner bark that is revealed when the outer bark ...

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 ...

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

A: I’ve been working with this invasive pest, now known as crape myrtle bark scale, since 2004 – in fact, the week it was first observed in the U.S. in Richardson.

Texas A&M Forest Service posted a warning against "crape murder" on social media Tuesday. Crape myrtles are a beautiful ...

To control the height of the crepe myrtle, cut back the tallest and most wide-spreading branches at the point where they join another branch.

But in a recent AJC article, you spelled “crepe myrtle” as CRAPE myrtle. Shame, shame! This from an 80 ... What is the best way to control the critters? Or should I toss the herbs and start ...

I enjoy living n a heavily wooded area; that's why I oppose over-pruning of any tree. Sure, we do need to prune trees if they are in a urban setting and they are a danger to power lines, but we ...

With so many cultivars of crape myrtles available in a wide range of heights, severe pruning should not be necessary to control a plant’s height. Just pick a cultivar that does not grow taller ...

Many crape myrtle trees across the D.C. region are infested by a bug called bark scale, which leaves behind a black fungal infection. A cure is elusive.

The single-trunk crape myrtle is a popular street tree that grows 15 to 25 feet tall and usually does not interfere with power lines. If you have limited space, consider a semi-dwarf variety that ...

How to ruin a crape myrtle tree July 23, 2023 at 1:47 a.m. by Richard Mason ...