Myrtle in distress
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Several gardeners recently have complained to me about their crape myrtles. In some cases, the tops died back this spring, and there are just long dead branches sticking up in the air. In May, they were looking for replacements because all their crape myrtles were "dead."
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