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As you drive around the South, I challenge you to find a town without crepe myrtles. My town has planted white crepe myrtles ...

Before planting clear the area of all grass and weeds. Add 4 to 5 shovelfuls of organic matter like peat moss or manure to ...

It is very important to take care of newly planted plants to ensure a positive spring. Watering new trees and shrubs for the first five years is important to help establish their root systems.

It is very important to take care of newly planted plants to ensure a positive spring. Watering new trees and shrubs for the first five years is important to help establish their root systems.

That brings us to irrigation. What kind of irrigation will be available for your new tree? Automatic sprinkler system, drip irrigation, or will you be hand-watering? As a general survival rule ...

Many new trees — 5 years old or younger with trunks 2 inches or less in diameter — can survive and thrive on 10 gallons of water a week. Halyna Bobyk Getty Images In our Reality Check stories ...

Trees can improve water quality by acting as a filter for stormwater it absorbs through rainfall or runoff, advocates say. Trees then store pollutants from the stormwater, such as metals or pesticides ...

Many new trees — 5 years old or younger with trunks 2 inches or less in diameter — can survive and thrive on 10 gallons of water a week.