I was thinking about planting crape myrtles that would grow to be about 15 feet in height and 8 feet in width. Please suggest a type of crape myrtle and another option that might stay green all ...

These have to be applied when the insects are first noted. Another treatment is to apply a systemic insecticide available from garden centers to the ground under the crape myrtle for months of ...

Crape myrtles need little water and look lovely in the landscape Crape myrtles have it all, from beautiful summer blooms to low water needs.

I was thinking about planting crape myrtles that would grow to be about 15 feet in height and 8 feet in width. Please suggest a type of crape myrtle that would not get to be too large.

How to Winterize Potted Crape Myrtle If your crape myrtle is in a container gardening setup, Tony has an alternative guide that caters to your potted blooms to help them get through winter.

Many crape myrtle trees across the D.C. region are infested by a bug called bark scale, which leaves behind a black fungal infection. A cure is elusive.

Crape myrtle bark scale begins its life cycle as tiny, pink to purple colored crawlers (<mm), which subsequently produce a fuzzy white waxy cover. Females remain sessile under the cover, whereas males ...

Gardening 101: Crape Myrtles NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Despite being native to China and Korea, the Crape Myrtle is the official shrub of Texas.

The myrtle is quite clearly a tree—one that grows in an inelegant tangle of oft-gnarled trunks. Pedants may argue that the crape’s hydra of stems technically qualify it as a shrub.

Walter Reeves answers Atlanta-area lawn and garden questions, including Japanese beetles' crape myrtle leaf preferences, and dwarf mondo grass getting long.

Blooms are but one of crape myrtle’s charms. As summer fades, the foliage turns fiery shades of seasonal colors, and mottled bark extends the show into winter.

I was thinking about planting crape myrtles that would grow to be about 15 feet in height and 8 feet in width. Please suggest a type of crape myrtle that would not get to be too large.