Brazos has been the "Crape Myrtle Capital County of Texas" since 1991. If your crape myrtles aren't colorful right now, you should improve their environment for next year. Crape myrtles are the ...

This time of year, when we walk outside, we are immediately hit with a thick wall of Northeast Florida humidity. While most of our landscape trees and plants are drooping or having pest and disease ...

Crape myrtles are among the showiest blooming plants for full sun in the San Antonio area, and the list of desirable characteristics is very long. Crape myrtles are available in many shades of red, ...

It is hard to go down any residential street in Jacksonville without seeing a crape myrtle in bloom. They have become the dominant summertime flowering tree throughout the South. The original crape ...

Dear Helen: Some time ago you wrote about the many virtues of crape myrtles. This sounds like an ideal plant for a site we have in full sun with well drained soil. How tall is your plant? We hear they ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. My husband wants to plant crape myrtle trees on the side of the house.