Fuschia: 'Tonto' is another attention-grabbing crape myrtle that blows pastel shades out of the water. The 8- to 9-foot shrubs are covered with dark fuchsia flowers for more than two months each ...

My "Tonto" crape myrtles stay covered with aphids and black mildew. I've tried every product available, and none keeps the aphids away for more than two weeks. The trees are close to our house ...

By George Weigel/The Patriot-News Q: My neighbor's pear tree came down in the December ice storm and damaged my 'Tonto' crape myrtle tree. One main stem to the right snapped off and tore the bark ...

Crape myrtles also grow as medium to large shrubs, and although they are deciduous these varieties work well for screening, for informal hedges or as a single accent plant in small urban gardens.

Here are some factors to consider if your crape myrtle trees did not bloom well this year: ... The semi-dwarf varieties such as Tonto, Acoma and Sioux follow a week or two later.

OZARK—The bright yellow ribbons dangling in the U.S. Highway 231 medians in Ozark may soon be the home of hundreds of crape myrtle trees.

Many crape myrtle trees across the D.C. region are infested by a bug called bark scale, which leaves behind a black fungal infection. A cure is elusive.