Q: Last fall, I purchased what I thought was Zuni crape myrtle. It is showing lots of powdery mildew, which it’s supposed to resist. Its flowers don’t resemble Zuni. I suspect it isn’t a Zuni. Robert ...

Crape myrtle is a plant of my childhood. Like bottlebrush, oleander, Agapanthus, Fatsia and ivy (yes, the noxious weed that's choking out native areas in Oregon), crape myrtle was ubiquitous. After a ...

Not long ago, I received the following email: “I have two crape myrtle trees in my front yard, one about 25 years old and one about 10 years old. They are in full sun. They usually bloom later than ...