My husband wants to plant crape myrtle trees on the side of the house. We live on a corner lot and this will be nice curb appeal with the proper up lighting. However, I see crape myrtles that grow to ...

I did about the same thing 40 years ago when I planted a Catawba crape myrtle on the south side of several native pecans. A larger Shumard red oak across the driveway further pinched the crape myrtle ...

Brazos has been the "Crape Myrtle Capital County of Texas" since 1991. If your crape myrtles aren't colorful right now, you should improve their environment for next year. Crape myrtles are the ...

Too often, crape myrtles are cut back to bare trunks because this abuse will yield more flowers. This type of severe pruning results in a shorter bloom time, delayed flowering, weaker branching and ...

And crape myrtle is one of them. For more information visit www.bugspot.org or call the County Agriculture Commissioner's Office at 253-4357 or toll-free at 877-279-2980.Bill Pramuk is an arborist ...