Grumpy tackles readers’ questions about choosing the best clover for your lawn, troubleshoots common crepe myrtle problems, and spotlights the Plant of the Week: the Diamond Spire Gardenia.

Look around. Chances are, if you’re outdoors on the Gulf Coast, you’ll see a crepe myrtle tree. Gardening Expert Bill Finch says he read an article written 100 years ago in which the authors ...

The question about pruning Crepe Myrtles and other plants seem to top the list of questions for this week. The butchers are out there. The time is now for getting in your soil test, so you can amend ...

Crape myrtle trees are not native to Texas or anywhere else in the U.S., but they are great ornamental tree choices. Behaving themselves for the most part, they provide long-lasting summer color and ...

The ideal time to prune a crepe myrtle is February or early March, before the tree shows significant new growth. Timing varies depending on your USDA hardiness zone and when air and soil temperatures ...

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 ...

It’s the slow season for those who make their living tending the earth (aside from readying for next week’s cold snap), but it's also the time of year horticulturalists sound the alarm against the ...

This improperly pruned crape myrtle tree has undergone “crape murder,” which is when the entire crown of the crape myrtle tree is cut off. Courtesy of Leaf & Limb, a Raleigh-based tree care company ...

Crepe myrtles are iconic Southern trees. These gorgeous plants don’t mind the heat and humidity, and their lovely, papery blooms last for weeks and weeks throughout the summer. “People love crepe ...

When you close your eyes and think of a Southern summer garden, the first image may be an ancient live oak with low, sweeping branches, but the second image is puffs of sunset sky-colored crepe myrtle ...