Watering your plants is a task that may seem simple, but it can be surprisingly tricky to get it right. Too much water can be just as harmful as too little, and it is the leading cause of root rot.

Joellen Dimond discusses crape myrtle varieties, and Mr. D. talks about apple tree diseases. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, local horticulturalist Joellen Dimond discusses ...

Somehow, the belief that crape myrtles should be brutally pruned by cutting off their tops persists, even though it's inaccurate. Crape murder is a term that has been coined to describe this severe ...