Caring for a crepe myrtle in winter can be tricky. The wrong move, and your tree won't live to see spring. Here's how to give ...

My husband wants to plant crape myrtle trees on the side of the house. We live on a corner lot and this will be nice curb appeal with the proper up lighting. However, I see crape myrtles that grow to ...

This time of year, when we walk outside, we are immediately hit with a thick wall of Northeast Florida humidity. While most of our landscape trees and plants are drooping or having pest and disease ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. My husband wants to plant crape myrtle trees on the side of the house.

The flowering Lagerstroemia species of the crape myrtle tree can be seen at the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu ...

Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall. Most varieties produce beautiful blooms starting in spring or ...

Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) is native to the monsoon climate of Southeast Asia, where the dry season can extend from ...

NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. (WTVD) -- An invasive insect species is posing a serious threat to a popular kind of tree in the Carolinas. The Crape Myrtle Bark Scale is a felt scale insect that has a main diet ...

Environmentalists are warning about Richmond’s crape myrtle trees being attacked by a non-native invasive species called bark scale. The tree-damaging bugs have resurfaced and are threatening the city ...