Flowering trees can add color and shade to your yard. Experts select the best flowering trees that will thrive in North Texas ...

Growing three to four metres high and 1.2 metres wide, these fast-growing hibiscuses have rich green foliage and will flower with a sequence of purple ... been growing crape myrtles (lagerstroemia ...

From accents to ground covers, living fences to containers, these exciting new plants can make a significant difference in our gardens ...

The first Columbus Yard of the Month for 2025 has been awarded in March, with the home of Neal Adcock and Laurie Adcock ...

From bright red salvias, orange hummingbird plant, yellow sunflowers and black eyed susans, purple bluebeard and ruellia, dynamite red crape myrtle, gray-green foliage and ripening berries along with ...

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 excretes a sugary solution known as “honeydew,” like what is ...

Why are the trunks of my crape myrtles turning black? They look rather unsightly. Mine aren't the only ones doing this -- ...

Standard crape myrtles have the potential to be wonderful small trees, if they aren’t chopped to their knees annually. There are thousands of varieties available, and the plants mature height ...

I was amazed at what good help there is out there. Dear Neil: Regarding crape myrtle bark scale – Southeastern Virginia has been battling this pest for years. The scale itself will not kill the ...