The beautiful Serviceberry tree is a diminutive yet hardy specimen from the eastern US, loved for its flowers and foliage. It's these qualities that earn it its reputation as a tough urban tree.

The commonly planted Natchez crape myrtle is known for the cinnamon brown inner bark that is revealed when the outer bark peels. So, there is no need for concern. If your daughter likes, she can ...

My daughter has several crape myrtles in her yard. Some of them have started to lose the bark on their trunks, and there is an orange residue where the bark has fallen off.

Q. Our crape myrtle trees are about 10 feet tall. How much should be trimmed off the trees and when? A. Save yourself some time and keep these crape myrtles attractive by skipping major pruning.

Pink crape myrtles against the bright summer sky. Pink is a very useful color when we get ready to landscape, so let me suggest a few of the best pink plants for North Texas.

The 'Twilight' crepe myrtle — sometimes written "crape myrtle" or "crapemyrtle" — is a Lagerstroemia or crepe myrtle species cultivar with glossy green leaves and crumpled, dark purple to light ...

Joellen Dimond discusses choosing nursery plants and Wes Hopper prunes crape myrtles.

1. Crape Myrtle Lagerstromia indica trees thrive in tropical conditions. This beauty is native to China and Japan, and its purple cultivar is the most attractive. Crape myrtle produces distinctive ...

Crape myrtles planted in partial or full shade will have reduced flowering and increased disease susceptibility. The plant will tolerate slightly alkaline to acidic (5.0 to 6.5 pH) clay and other soil ...

The light pink crape myrtles in the park. The crape myrtles in full bloom in summer. The crape myrtles, also known as "Bai Ri Hong" (meaning "hundred-day red"), have a long flowering period that ...