Q: We paid someone to dig up a crape myrtle two years ago ... Muskogee, Sioux and Country Red, but others were hurt, too. So the answer to your question isn’t an easy one.

Q: Our crape myrtle got out of control, so we cut it down and had the stump dug up. Two years later, little shoots are appearing in the lawn, anywhere from a few inches to four feet away from the ...

For years, the magnolia was considered the queen of spring gardens. However, today a different plant is increasingly ...

I usually wait until mid-January to write something on this topic but this week I saw my first severe pruning of a crape myrtle for this dormant season earlier this month. So, instead of visions ...

To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. 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 ...

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 ...

Q: There’s white stuff all over my crape myrtle foliage and flowers. I’ve never seen it this bad. What is it, and what can I do about it? A: Powdery mildew is the culprit, and it seems to be ...

However, this scale is making its way across the southeast, likely spreading through nursery trade and finding plenty of hosts in Wilmington because crape myrtle is so overplanted. According to ...

Roses, hydrangeas, and lavender aside, crape myrtle is another bloom that requires a touch of winterization before we neglect the outdoors and turn indoors for warmth and comfort. Don't forget ...

The Crape Myrtle Bark Scale is a felt scale insect that has a main diet consisting of Crape Myrtle trees, according to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Yet there is one item that deserves to be struck from our list of official state notables as it tarnishes the rest of this noble menagerie: the crape myrtle, our official state shrub. If you were ...