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Dear Neil: Why is my crape myrtle dead? The bark is splitting and peeling off. Inside, the trunk is black and the wood is moist. The plant beside it has ...

Dear Neil: Why is my crape myrtle dead? The bark is splitting and ... Dear Neil: I have a bermudagrass front yard with two large oak trees that prohibit the bermuda from growing beneath it.

A: Regretfully your crape myrtles have been overtaken by shade and probably won’t be good flowering shrubs again ... anise about 10 feet high and red cordyline which is currently flowering.

For the record, however, notice how strongly the new shoots have grown on the crape myrtle down the hill ... looks more like a red maple or some other kind of tree than a redbud.