A South Carolina beach town once nicknamed “Dirty Myrtle” because of its rowdy nightclubs and strip joints has become a magnet for retirees in a nation that continues to age. The number of ...

Plant Doctor: Easy steps to get your crape myrtles to produce more blooms Get ready for another round of flowers on your crape myrtles if you trim off the declining stems or blooms about to form ...

On June 13, 2025, ancient tree-sculpting tradition was on display in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. At YIWEI Garden, crape myrtle trees are shaped into vase-like forms over a decade of growth. This ...

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 ...

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.

Charlie Thorne, 13, of Denham Springs, spots a northern bobwhite in a crape myrtle near his home Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Provided photo by Charlie Thorne ...

Heavy rains and large blooms are causing crape myrtle branches to droop and break.

The annual Fourth of July parade will take place at 10 a.m. July 4 beginning at Getzendaner Park. Photo Credit: Kirk Holt/Daily Light photojournalist Chris Roark [email protected] Waxahachie is ...