Find out where crape myrtle grows best and how to choose the right variety for your garden. Plus, get tips for pruning and ...

Flowering trees can add color and shade to your yard. Experts select the best flowering trees that will thrive in North Texas ...

Most of Lancaster County jumped from hardiness zone 6b to 7a, reflecting an average low temperature increase of 4 degrees ...

And the writer Jane Jacobs, a major influence on urban planning, said that the best way to know a city ... beds with stands of black pines, crape myrtles, and cherry trees flush against the ...

From bright red salvias, orange hummingbird plant, yellow sunflowers and black eyed susans, purple bluebeard and ruellia, dynamite red crape myrtle, gray-green foliage ... 2 to 3 feet high and wide.

and the conclusion from TAMU entomologists was that the systemic insecticide Imidacloprid applied May 15 as a soil drench offered the best control of crape myrtle bark scale (the name that by then ...

Why are the trunks of my crape myrtles turning black? They look rather unsightly. Mine aren't the only ones doing this -- ...

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 ...

Standard crape myrtles have the potential to be wonderful small trees, if they aren’t chopped to their knees annually. There are thousands of varieties available, and the plants mature height ...

With migrating species visiting the area, it’s the best time for bird watching in the Grand Strand. Here’s which birds to ...