When you drive past a heavily pruned crepe myrtle tree (occasionally spelled ... as it lets you shape the tree before new growth starts to sprout," she said. "Since crepe myrtles bloom on new ...

The neighbors might be pruning crape myrtle ... of the tree. “Never remove more than 25 percent of the tree in one pruning,” Mitchell says. Over-pruning can delay flowering, stress the tree ...

Q: I’m so disappointed and very sad! Last year I planted several crepe myrtle plants in my backyard. Now, my neighbor's ...

Knowing what mature height you are seeking BEFORE planting ... let it mature and become the beautiful tree it was meant to be! Crape myrtle trees bloom on the new growth, so any pruning that ...

And while the ground-level blooms always delight, there’s just something about flowering trees. The Arboretum ... (Gary Fink) Crape myrtle: “Crape myrtles are super heat and drought tolerant ...