The beautiful Serviceberry tree is a diminutive yet hardy specimen from the eastern US, loved for its flowers and foliage. It's these qualities that earn it its reputation as a tough urban tree.

I work with crape myrtles a couple of days a week, and this problem has been especially common with the hybrids developed from the Japanese species Lagerstroemia fauriei.

I work with crape myrtles a couple of days a week, and this problem has been especially common with the hybrids developed from the Japanese species Lagerstroemia fauriei.

The last several years have seen a great deal of dieback and even death of crape myrtles due to cold injury. (Contributed Photo) This ornamental type of pomegranate will not produce fruit.

Whether your patio is next to your house or a little farther away, planting a tree can be an easy way to provide shade. “If the weather is hot, it can be 20 degrees cooler in the shade than being in ...

As much as I love crape myrtles, they don’t have the best manners beside swimming pools.

Q: We have two large crape myrtles next to our community pool. They were damaged by the February 2021 cold spell.

As much as I love crape myrtles, they don’t have the best manners beside swimming pools. Their flowers are dropping and blowing into the water constantly.

What are the little white specks on the trunks of my crape myrtles? And why are the leaves and trunks shiny and sticky? I’m seeing outbreaks of crape myrtle bark scale across Metroplex landscapes.

Fortunately crape myrtles tolerate all forms of pruning. Horticulturists usually like to leave their shrubs and tree forms with the natural look by providing minimal pruning.

We will see a variety of springtime insects such as bumble, honey and carpenter bees; also, aphids, caterpillars, and beetles appear in the landscape. In addition to these common insects, we need to ...