Crape myrtles are the most popular summer flowering tree in the U.S. Although rarely fatal to the trees, the sticky leaves and black trunks take away the attractive appearance of the trees and ...

Crape myrtles don't need much pruning to stay healthy. Trimming these trees at the right time can improve their bloom production, but they'll grow just fine without the intervention of you and ...

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 ...

Now that we’ve had six weeks’ exposure to hot, dry conditions, that’s when the challenging questions start rolling out. (Like an avalanche.) I’ve assembled some of the most common ones in ...

I’m seeing outbreaks of crape myrtle bark scale across Metroplex landscapes. Nothing like we faced following the wet spring of 2007, but nonetheless, enough to let us know that this foreign ...

Beauty and the bugs. Article by Molly Schafer Photos by Michele Walfred and courtesy of UD Cooperative Extension; Jim Robbins, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension; Bugwood.org; and Mengmeng ...

First of all, the crape myrtle isn’t a shrub. It isn’t even an arbusto, as George W. Bush might put it.The myrtle is quite clearly a tree—one that grows in an inelegant tangle of oft-gnarled ...

There are crape myrtle cultivars that grow only 2 to 3 feet in height, such as Pocomoke. There are semi-dwarf cultivars that grow to about 12 feet or less in height, such as Acoma, and ...

Gardeners notice the “black mold” on crape myrtles more than the bark scale or honeydew. To get rid of the mold, you have to get rid of the inscets that started it.

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.

Crapemyrtle, Crape Myrtle: Giant Crape Myrtle, Queen’s Crape Myrtle, Pride-of-India: Origin: Eastern Asia, Southern China, Philippines: ... Carolina beauty, black diamond red hot, and Muskogee ...

This improperly pruned crape myrtle tree has undergone “crape murder,” which is when the entire crown of the crape myrtle tree is cut off. Courtesy of Leaf & Limb, a Raleigh-based tree care ...