If you are wondering why your crepe myrtle shrubs or trees have developed brown leaves, the first thing to look at is the calendar. Late summer usually brings about browning leaves due to the heat, ...

Grumpy tackles readers’ questions about choosing the best clover for your lawn, troubleshoots common crepe myrtle problems, and spotlights the Plant of the Week: the Diamond Spire Gardenia.

Dear Neil: About three weeks ago our crape myrtles started dropping leaves. We’ve lived here 20 years and we’ve never seen them do this before. They were watered weekly. Any idea what the problem ...

Take a look outside, and you might see that your crape myrtle’s leaves are turning shades of yellow, orange and red and falling to the ground. Is this a sign that autumn is near? Not quite. This time ...

Although native to eastern Asia, crape myrtles are indispensable in the Southern landscape. Its vibrantly colored flowers in shades of pink, purple, red and white from May to September virtually ...

The best time to prune crepe myrtles is before new growth appears, so what happens if you prune crepe myrtles later in the ...

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 ...

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Question: Several crape myrtles in our yard are shedding lots of bark. Is this normal? Answer: Not only are crape myrtles with shedding bark normal — but beautiful. Often under the outer layer of old ...

Not long ago, I received the following email: “I have two crape myrtle trees in my front yard, one about 25 years old and one about 10 years old. They are in full sun. They usually bloom later than ...