Both underwatering and overwatering can reduce flowering in crepe myrtle trees and cause other problems ... drain crepe myrtle sap and spread sooty mold, while leaf spot is a fungal issue that ...

The best time to prune crepe myrtles is before new growth appears, so what happens if you prune crepe myrtles later in the ...

This honeydew will then eventually turn black as it is colonized by fungi called sooty mold. Crape myrtles are the most popular summer flowering tree in the U.S. Although rarely fatal to the trees ...

Dear Neil: Regarding crape myrtle bark scale — Southeastern Virginia has been battling this pest for years. The scale itself will not kill the plants. However, the sooty mold is the real problem.