The topic this month should be of concern to many of us and our neighbors as a fair number of us have crepe myrtle bushes and trees in our yards. A recently introduced insect pest, the crape myrtle bark scale (CMBS), initially infested crape myrtles in Texas in 2004 and has now spread to several…
Last month we talked about “An Uncommon Plant” the Anise shrub. This month we will look at just the opposite – a very prevalent weed – Chamberbitter, Gripeweed, or phyllanthus urinaria. It shows up with a vengeance starting in mid-summer. You have prepared your flower beds, cleaned around your shrubs, applied an appropriate pre/post-emergent in…
This page will give you detailed information on the plants mentioned in the November Quail Creek Newsletter. The references are ones I have pulled from the internet and are ones I have found to be most helpful in the plant description and growing. You can, of course, also do your own lookup and find more…