Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to ...

Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

Making its debut in 2026 is the new Surefire Cascade Red begonia, a prolific bloomer in the sun or shade. This begonia ...

It’s always puzzling how we want something to kill one type of animal (insect) without risking making another type of animal ...

Since the Zuni crepe myrtle is a semi-dwarf tree, it fits into smaller spaces. The tree needs full sun, so pick a sunny spot with enough space to accommodate at least 12 feet of height and 10 feet of ...

Whether your patio is next to your house or a little farther away, planting a tree can be an easy way to provide shade. “If the weather is hot, it can be 20 degrees cooler in the shade than being in ...

I live and garden in an oak/pecan forest and I don’t worry in the least. You don’t want to mulch the biggest quantity of fallen leaves into the lawn when that time comes in a few weeks.

Dear Neil: We have two large crape myrtles next to our community pool. They were damaged by the February 2021 cold spell. They’re alive, but they only have random clumps of leaves on some ...

You may also see a black lady bug beetle with two bright orange dots on its wings. That’s the twice-stabbed lady bug, and it’s a very effective predator of this pest. If you see them withhold any ...

Hardiness, hotter summers helping colorful crape myrtles find homes here Many are hardy enough, but we were never hot enough. In recent summers, however, I’ve seen them blooming in local gardens ...

Crape myrtle bark scale probably came into America on a bootlegged plant. It’s native to China. Still not knowing what it was, horticulturists from Texas saw it and recognized the unknown pest ...