Find out where crape myrtle grows best and how to choose the right variety for your garden. Plus, get tips for pruning and ...

The neighbors might be pruning crape myrtle wrong, but that doesn’t mean you should butcher yours, too. Perhaps no shrub or tree suffers from the pruning mistreatment that crape myrtles do.

Because of this, pruning spring-flowering plants after June risks removing the buds, resulting in fewer flowers the following ...

The U.S. Forest Service has terminated a $1.6 million grant to the city of Tampa to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — If you have a crape myrtle tree in your yard, you may have heard about "Crape Murder". It's when the tops of crape myrtles are cut down. Lukas Suzano with Davey Tree of ...

Crape murder is happening all over town. It doesn’t matter how horticulturists talk about proper pruning techniques, each year more and more trees are cut back to stubs. Standard crape myrtles have ...

Flowering trees can add color and shade to your yard. Experts select the best flowering trees that will thrive in North Texas ...

First detected in the U.S. in Dallas in 2004, crape myrtle bark scale is a sucking insect that feeds on the sap of plants. It excretes a sugary solution known as “honeydew,” like what is ...

Thereafter trees normally obtain needed nutrients from fertilizer applied to nearby turf and other landscape plantings. Q. Our crape myrtle trees are about 10 feet tall. How much should be trimmed ...

And, if you do need to have the tree removed, you’ll find excellent ... I was amazed at what good help there is out there. Q: Regarding crape myrtle bark scale – Southeastern Virginia has ...