Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. My problem is with black stuff on my crape myrtles' leaves and bark. It ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. About a year ago, we redid our flowerbeds and added three crape myrtle trees.

Although native to eastern Asia, crape myrtles are indispensable in the Southern landscape. Its vibrantly colored flowers in shades of pink, purple, red and white from May to September virtually ...

DEAR NEIL: My husband made sure I read your column telling us never to top our crape myrtles. However, ours had aphids last summer, stopped growing and looks terrible. Short of digging it up, can we ...

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 ...

Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall. Most varieties produce beautiful blooms starting in spring or ...

Dear Neil: How can I find someone qualified to tell me if a very large tree needs to be taken down? I’ve gotten conflicting comments. You need a Certified Arborist. He or she will be a member of the ...

A: Crape Myrtles are finished or just finishing with the blooming season. The lovely Lagerstroemia indica AKA crape myrtle has become a favorite of Central and South Florida gardeners. Crape myrtle is ...

I enjoy living n a heavily wooded area; that's why I oppose over-pruning of any tree. Sure, we do need to prune trees if they are in a urban setting and they are a danger to power lines, but we have a ...