Q: I have a crape myrtle and every year it is covered in a whitish powder. I have been told it is powdery mildew but I don’t know how to control it. A: Powdery mildew is a plant disease caused by a ...

Crape myrtles are common landscape plants. In today’s article, Gary Knox, a horticulture professor with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, answers common ...

For vibrant summer color, few flowering plants can compete with the crepe myrtle. Just look around your neighborhood. Nearly every street in the South is lined with these blooming trees from mid-June ...

I see orange crystals on one of my cucumbers. Each crystal is a little larger than a poppy seed. What is this? Other than a few dead leaves, the plants look healthy and produce lots of cucumbers.

For almost every sunny spot in the landscape, there is a crape myrtle variety that will fit, from ground cover through small tree. But the drought-tolerant plants with the pretty blooms can present ...

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the most observant person — there is plenty that gets past me. Because of this, I quickly realized that the crape myrtles are having a tough time with powdery ...

Q. I trimmed the ends and seed pods from our crape myrtle, which is as tall as the power lines. The tree has been fertilized with tree stakes, but now there's a white substance on the leaves. J.W., A.