QUESTION: The leaves on my crape myrtle trees are turning yellow and falling. Could the problem be a fungus, and if so, is there a good systemic product I can apply to the base of the trunk for this ...

CRAPE MYRTLE CARE: Crape myrtle trees recently have shed lots of leaves due to Cercospora leaf spot, caused by the rainy weather. Susceptible trees are looking thin and less attractive now. But not to ...

Question: My large crape myrtles are dropping so many leaves it looks like fall. Is this normal? Answer: Join the many residents with what looks like early fall color from their crape myrtles. Part of ...

A: First route I recommend is ensuring a positive diagnosis, whether that be from a county extension agent, master gardener, certified arborist or plant professional at a nursery, or from extensive ...

A: Lovely landscape. Lovely crape myrtles. Without watching your plants operate during that time, I’m going to have to give it an educated guess. It still is likely that they got a bit dry. Crape ...

This improperly pruned crape myrtle tree has undergone “crape murder,” which is when the entire crown of the crape myrtle tree is cut off. Courtesy of Leaf & Limb, a Raleigh-based tree care company ...

Crape myrtles are common landscape plants. In today’s article, Gary Knox, a horticulture professor with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, answers common ...

Q You may have touched on this already: What about large crape myrtles? Mine are sending up new growth from the ground and a few leaf buds on the very lower trunks. When I snap an upper twig or branch ...

Stop fertilizing and reduce watering in fall to help crepe myrtles transition into winter dormancy. Fall is prime time to plant new crepe myrtles and prep existing ones with mulch and pest control.

Crape myrtles are popular plants, especially this time of year while they’re blooming. Crape myrtles come in all sorts of colors — white, different shades of reds, pinks and purples. You can find ...

When you're looking for plants for your landscape, you probably think about blooms and foliage, but here's a shrubby tree ...

Q: Every year, Japanese beetles attack my crape myrtle, but other crape myrtles in the neighborhood don’t seem to be affected. Why? Connie Stevens, Barrow County A: Mechanical factors of the crape ...