Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Depending on weather, some crape myrtles — including the Acoma pictured — display colorful foliage before going dormant. Acoma is ...

You’ve probably seen crape myrtle trees pruned to look like a coat rack. Hopefully, you’re not guilty of doing this. The term “crape murder” was coined to describe this drastic topping of crape ...

This time of year, when we walk outside, we are immediately hit with a thick wall of Northeast Florida humidity. While most of our landscape trees and plants are drooping or having pest and disease ...

For more than 50 years, Southern Living has told you how beautiful the iconic crepe myrtle is in every season and how easy it is to grow. No surprise, it is the most widely planted tree in the South.

The crape myrtle has become the standard of medium-size trees to plant in the Louisiana landscape. Crape myrtles are easy to produce, easy to grow and very inexpensive to purchase. But sometimes we ...

Joellen Dimond discusses crape myrtle varieties, and Mr. D. talks about apple tree diseases. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, local horticulturalist Joellen Dimond discusses ...

Depending on weather, some crape myrtles — including the Acoma pictured — display colorful foliage before going dormant. Acoma is a white-flowered hybrid with pendulous branches. It can be grown as a ...