It doesn’t matter how horticulturists talk about proper pruning techniques, each year more and more trees are cut back to ...

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 ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice to help care for tabebuia trees, heliconia choconiana, poinsettias, crape myrtles ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — If you have a crape myrtle tree in your yard, you may have heard about "Crape Murder". It's when the tops of crape myrtles are cut down. Lukas Suzano with Davey Tree of ...

Dear Neil: Is there an effective treatment for crape myrtle bark scale? It’s not as bad as it was a few years ago, but I’d like to eliminate it. As insects in Texas go, this is a comparative ...

Dear Neil: Regarding crape myrtle bark scale — Southeastern Virginia has been battling this pest for years. The scale itself will not kill the plants. However, the sooty mold is the real problem.

Because of this, pruning spring-flowering plants after June risks removing the buds, resulting in fewer flowers the following ...

The U.S. Forest Service has terminated a $1.6 million grant to the city of Tampa to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme ...

Pink is a very useful color when we get ready to landscape, so let me suggest a few of the best pink plants for North Texas.

A now-former science school teacher from New Jersey says that what once were many healthy, tan crapemyrtle trees throughout an Horry County neighborhood are ...