First detected in the U.S. in Dallas in 2004, crape myrtle bark scale is a sucking insect that feeds on the sap of plants. It excretes a sugary solution known as “honeydew,” like what is ...

I usually wait until mid-January to write something on this topic but this week I saw my first severe pruning of a crape myrtle for this dormant season earlier this month. So, instead of visions ...

Janet B. Carson, a freelance writer, retired in 2018 from her 38-year career at the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension. She was a horticulture specialist and coordinator of the Arkansas ...

This fast-growing (up to 5 feet per year) woody plant flowers all summer long, making crape myrtle a popular garden favorite. “Specimen trees can be great for shade in the summer,” says Tracy ...

From next week, drivers using London's Blackwall Tunnel will have to pay a toll. The charge is being implemented the same day the new Silvertown Tunnel - which will link east London to southeast ...

Q. Our crape myrtle trees are about 10 feet tall. How much should be trimmed off the trees and when? A. Save yourself some time and keep these crape myrtles attractive by skipping major pruning.

Dallas will continue paying half a million dollars to lease an underground tunnel under Thanks-Giving Square amid concerns that the city doesn’t generate the type of revenue to justify the costs.

Jason Lee [email protected] If pouring a glass of wine and reading a good book sounds like a perfect way to spend time, then the owners of a Myrtle Beach area business have got you covered.

When you close your eyes and think of a Southern summer garden, the first image may be an ancient live oak with low, sweeping branches, but the second image is puffs of sunset sky-colored crepe myrtle ...

As you drive around the South, I challenge you to find a town without crepe myrtles. My town has planted white crepe myrtles along every main thoroughfare so that it looks like the trees are covered ...