A: Regretfully your crape myrtles have been overtaken by shade and probably won’t be good flowering shrubs again ... anise about 10 feet high and red cordyline which is currently flowering.

A traditional Southern favorite, crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia ... including pink, red, yellow and white. Zones 5–11.

Is there an effective treatment for crape myrtle bark scale? It’s not as bad as it was a few years ago, but I’d like to eliminate it.

Crape myrtle trees are all over the Southern United States ... Large clusters of delicate, long-lasting blossoms fill yards with bursts of pink, red or purple all summer. For purple flowers ...