Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but pro gardeners have plenty of reasons for why you shouldn't plant crepe myrtles.

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While the adults chew on ornamental plants, fruit trees, berry plants, and many different shade and ornamental trees such as linden, Japanese maple, crepe myrtle, and flowering crabapple ...

Why is my crape myrtle dead? The bark is splitting and peeling off. Inside, the trunk is black and the wood is moist. The ...

Entomologist Doug Tallamy's Homegrown National Park movement strives to put native plants that caterpillars eat back into suburban yards. All of us are horrified to hear that North America has lost 3 ...

Multiple crepe myrtle trees growing in a housing development. - Olesia Bilkei/Shutterstock ...

We need to recognize that an insect-chewed leaf is not a sign of damage but ... So choose redbud trees over crape myrtles and asters over chrysanthemums. Brake for robins and turtles and opossums.

In a celebration rich with tradition and community pride, Paris High School junior Emmi Severson was officially crowned the 2025–2026 Crape Myrtle Queen. The 48th annual coronation, a cherished event ...

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