I usually wait until mid-January to write something on this topic but this week I saw my first severe pruning of a crape myrtle for this dormant season earlier this month. So, instead of visions ...

I work with crape myrtles several days per week ... Remember, however, that this only works with the native eastern redbuds. Any of the grafted selections will come back from below their grafts ...

This time of year, there's also a lot of controversy going around gardening circles regarding our beloved Southern gem, the crape myrtle. And to set your mind at ease, it's not whether the ...

Years ago, this was hog butchering time. Now it's become crape myrtle butchering time. The only pruning crape myrtles ever need is thinning the trunks as they are developing to the desired ...