Dear Neil: We have moved our rural fencing and my wife now wants to take five crape myrtles out. Can trees this large be successfully moved? How would I find someone who would be able to use them?

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Also known as "Lilac of the South" due to its popularity in zones 7 to 9, crape myrtle is a deciduous shrub or small tree that explodes with white, deep rose, or magenta blossoms from July to ...

Question. We recently purchased a home and have two crape myrtles that bloomed profusely last year. When do you prune these plants, and how far back to do the trimming? Answer. Now is the time most ...

Q. I have a nice redtip photinia that seems to be dying. Its outer leaves have turned brown. I've cut it back, but it continues. How can I stop it? A. “Brown” just means, as you surmised, that that ...

My husband wants to plant crape myrtle trees on the side of the house. We live on a corner lot and this will be nice curb appeal with the proper up lighting. However, I see crape myrtles that grow to ...

You’ve probably noticed that crape myrtles are coming into bloom in our part of Texas. They put on a long annual show for us culminating in a dazzling display toward the middle of summer. And we can ...

Dear Neil: We have moved our rural fencing and my wife now wants to take five crape myrtles out. Can trees this large be successfully moved? How would I find someone who would be able to use them?