Smart gardeners learn to think small. They do their homework, and they plant varieties that don’t grow any larger than the ...

Fall is the time to get your crepe myrtles ready for winter. Adding mulch and cutting back on watering and fertilizer can protect them in cold climates.

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 ...

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Though springtime in Lancaster County is greeted by a spectrum of blooming trees and shrubs, late-summer color can be hard to come by. Fortunately, in Lancaster County, we can grow crape myrtle, a ...

This crape myrtle is suffering from long-term cold damage effects. Dear Neil: Something is eating the impatiens on one side of my planter, while the impatiens on the other side is doing fine. What can ...

Q: Something is eating the impatiens on one side of my planter, while the impatiens on the other side are doing fine. What can I put out that will be a nontoxic insecticide? I have cats and don’t want ...

Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall. Most varieties produce beautiful blooms starting in spring or ...