It doesn’t matter how horticulturists talk about proper pruning techniques, each year more and more trees are cut back to ...

Texas A&M Forest Service posted a warning against "crape murder" on social media Tuesday. Crape myrtles are a beautiful flowering tree common in Texas. They enjoy sunny locations and can withstand ...

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 ...

White, wooly adults (figure 1, 2) with pink to purple eggs underneath (Figure 3) can be seen in late spring. The first generation was observed in late May through early June using a hand lens or ...

A few years later a group of Texas A&M horticulturists made a visit to China, and to their surprise, they found the pest abundant on Chinese cities’ crape myrtles. That was confirmation that the ...

How can I find someone qualified to tell me if a very large tree needs to be taken down? I’ve gotten conflicting comments.

Dear Neil: Is there an effective treatment for crape myrtle bark scale? It’s not as bad as it was a few years ago, but I’d like to eliminate it. As insects in Texas go, this is a comparative ...