The tree loves heat and humidity ... (As gorgeous as their summer blooms are, just wait until you see a crepe myrtle in full fall mode. Orange, red, and yellow foliage replaces the brilliant ...

There are crape myrtle cultivars that grow only 2 to 3 ... blooms. Flower clusters might be slightly larger on topped trees, ...

If you don’t murder them by pruning them back every year, they make a great medium-sized shade tree ... Magnolia Cemetery off 3 rd Street. The crape myrtle bark scale looks a lot like ...

The heavy presence of lichens are a sign that the tree is in decline ... and you’ll have a new crape myrtle. Not worth using any insecticide or treatments at this point.

Leaf & Limb, a tree preservation and planting company in the Triangle, offers the following advice for crape myrtle maintenance: “As the tree ages, prune it regularly using proper techniques.

You would prefer a tree that doesn't have ... the reasons why people commit crape murder or hacking is because it's easier and maybe it is easier on a crape myrtle that's 40 feet tall.

Drivers making a “right on red” must yield to drivers making ... Yearly, I’m horrified by the number of crepe myrtle trees hacked to knobby stumps. People, please stop!

We're only a handful of games into the season, but, so far, the Sox are getting off on the right foot this spring ... which is a whole lot better than the alternative. And if you're screaming ...