Black sooty mold and a waxy substance covering the branches of your crape myrtle tree means a pest is taking over. Here are ...

By Darrell Blackwelder Pruning can still be done. Contrary to popular belief, pruning can be done year-round. Light, ...

Learn how to care for your crepe myrtle in the fall to keep it happy and healthy through the winter for the best summer ...

The latest threat to our landscape focuses on crape myrtles, that summer-flowering small tree that’s becoming more and more popular as the climate warms. An Asian-native bug known as crape myrtle bark ...

Oklahomans definitely have a love affair with our crape myrtles; in many areas you can see them on practically every street. And why not? Few plants can match the crape myrtle’s spectacular summer ...

Q: Can you help me figure out what’s likely going on with this river birch tree? The tree has been dropping leaves incessantly since about April/May, hundreds per day. Should this tree be dropping its ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Tucked behind Akins Nursery on East Kings Highway in Shreveport stands a towering natural marvel: the largest single-trunk crape myrtle in the United States. The tree, affectionately ...

Though springtime in Lancaster County is greeted by a spectrum of blooming trees and shrubs, late-summer color can be hard to come by. Fortunately, in Lancaster County, we can grow crape myrtle, a ...

Q: Something is eating the impatiens on one side of my planter, while the impatiens on the other side are doing fine. What can I put out that will be a nontoxic insecticide? I have cats and don’t want ...

On June 13, 2025, ancient tree-sculpting tradition was on display in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. At YIWEI Garden, crape myrtle trees are shaped into vase-like forms over a decade of growth. This ...

A small black bear was reported to the Myrtle Beach Police Department early in the morning on Sunday, June 15. Animal Control and the Department of Natural Resources were on scene in an effort to ...