Native to China, Japan, and the Philippines, crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia indica) are so popular in the South, you probably ...

Lily Barfield, the 29-year old known as Lily's Vintage Finds on Instagram, opens a boutique hotel called The Marlene Inn in historic Montrose on June 28.

Charlie Thorne, 13, said he "was just doing my thing" early Wednesday morning when he heard a distinctive bird call.

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. Is this something to be ...

Leesburg is giving away 125 crape myrtle trees on a first-come, first-served basis. Keep Lake Beautiful is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a commemorative event. A bird and butterfly survey ...

Why Prune a Crepe Myrtle? The objectives of pruning a crepe myrtle —or crape myrtle if you prefer—are to maintain its natural sculptural form, produce strong branches that hold flowers upright, and ...

If you're planning to prune the crape myrtle in your yard, stop and read this first.

Most arborists are not sure where the practice of topping crape myrtles started. The practice has been around a long time. The technique of severely pruning crape myrtles has even been given a ...

Find out when it is too late to prune crape myrtles if you want to enjoy their flowers.

It still is likely that they got a bit dry. Crape myrtles all across Texas started shedding leaves early this year due to the prolonged heat and late summer dry spell.

Crape myrtles have it all, from beautiful summer blooms to low water needs. Question: While driving along Main Street in Sebastopol last week, I was struck by the beauty of the stately trees with ...