For vibrant summer color, few flowering plants can compete with the crepe myrtle. Just look around your neighborhood. Nearly every street in the South is lined with these blooming trees from mid-June ...

For vibrant summer color, few flowering plants can compete with the crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica). Just look around your neighborhood. Nearly every street in the South is lined with these ...

Faithful reader, Charles, writes, "I have a problem with my crepe myrtle that started about three weeks ago. There are long worm-like things of a sawdust consistency coming out from the trunk. The ...

Crepe myrtles are iconic Southern trees. These gorgeous plants don't mind the heat and humidity, and their lovely, papery blooms last for weeks and weeks throughout the summer. "People love crepe ...

Q: This is a 25-year-old crape myrtle (see reader's photo). I have 20 to 25 crape myrtles in my yard and this is the only one that has this condition. I don't want it to die. I have never seen this ...

Ms. Van Mullekom: Your column in Sunday’s Daily Press about crape myrtles was very timely. All of my old oak and maple trees have either been blown down or died from old age. A couple of years ago I ...