Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In my working and writing life I inhabit two parallel worlds, one classical, one horticultural. At times ...

Crape myrtles all across Texas started shedding leaves early this year due to the prolonged heat and late summer dry spell.

In this guide, I’ll examine eight common causes of yellow leaves on crape myrtles with my essential tips to address the issues. Crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia spp.) are drought-tolerant deciduous shrubs ...

UD insect ecology and conservation student Thor Freeman pursues medical entomology career with the U.S. Air Force ...

Dear Neil: About three weeks ago our crape myrtles started dropping leaves. We’ve lived here 20 years and we’ve never seen them do this before. They were watered weekly. Any idea what the ...

A: Lovely landscape. Lovely crape myrtles. Without watching your plants operate during that time, I’m going to have to give it an educated guess. It still is likely that they got a bit dry.

Myrtle’s Ally Murphy and Tupelo’s Andrew Brown have been voted Athletes of the Week. Both runners had big days at last week’s ...

Each year, the Bridge Commission has acquired and distributed 100 trees to be planted on public lands throughout Burlington ...

Blue canvas straps had been attached to hold the trunks together. A child’s swing hung from a branch. Between the houses, a vintage, yellow pickup truck sat at the bottom of the small crater, a wooden ...

DEAR NEIL: About three weeks ago our crape myrtles started dropping leaves. We’ve lived here 20 years and we’ve never seen them do this before. They were watered weekly. Any idea what the ...

Many gardeners put off the task of planting fall color because of the dry conditions. If you want late fall through early ...