Crape myrtles have put on their dazzling display lately, but crape myrtles are a flowering tree that needs care.

Crape myrtle trees are not native to Texas or anywhere else in the U.S., but they are great ornamental tree choices. Behaving themselves for the most part, they provide long-lasting summer color ...

Left, the winged seeds of crape myrtle; and right, an American goldfinch feeding on crape myrtle seed. (Image courtesy Gary Graves) Each year from summer into fall, ornamental crape myrtle trees in ...

Aphids, shown here on crape myrtles, feed on sap and excrete tiny droplets of a sugary liquid called honeydew. This accumulates on the leaves and branches and provides food for a black fungus ...

I watched a gray catbird balance itself on the top of our crepe myrtle tree one day last week. It was clinging precariously to a flimsy stem (I can’t even call it a limb) as it stretched its … ...