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.

Crape murder is happening all over town. It doesn’t matter how horticulturists talk about proper pruning techniques, each year more and more trees are cut back to stubs. Standard crape myrtles ...

If you're planning to prune the crape myrtle in your yard, stop and read this first.

We grow it for its heavy loads of bright red berries each winter. It’s spectacular. Or try one of the taller forms of crape myrtles in the flower color of your choice.

Find out when it is too late to prune crape myrtles if you want to enjoy their flowers.

Crape myrtles begin blooming in mid-July and continue through the end of September in a variety of colors including white, pink, lavender and red.

Some types hold their color longer into the summer than others. Tree-form crape myrtle. There are more than 125 named varieties of crape myrtles.

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 ...

You’ve probably seen crape myrtle trees pruned to look like a coat rack. Hopefully, you’re not guilty of doing this. The term “crape murder” was coined to describe this drastic topping of ...

1. Crape Myrtle Lagerstromia indica trees thrive in tropical conditions. This beauty is native to China and Japan, and its purple cultivar is the most attractive. Crape myrtle produces distinctive ...

If you want 5-foot-tall crape myrtles, plant any of the Petite Series. Introduced in the 1960s, they are still the gold standard (my opinion) of the dwarf cape myrtles.