When you close your eyes and think of a Southern summer garden, the first image may be an ancient live oak with low, sweeping ...

So, instead of visions of sugar plums dancing, I am now dreaming of properly pruned crape myrtles. How to prune crape myrtle is always a popular subject whenever I make a presentation about ...

It doesn’t matter how horticulturists talk about proper pruning techniques, each year more and more trees are cut back to ...

Crape myrtles should be pruned during the winter. Many people prune in late winter, from late February into early March. The ...

First detected in the U.S. in Dallas in 2004, crape myrtle bark scale is a sucking insect that feeds on the sap of plants. It ...

Because of this, pruning spring-flowering plants after June risks removing the buds, resulting in fewer flowers the following ...