When I share the secrets to growing crape myrtles in Prescott, gardeners often express surprise. You might think these ...

To underscore the severity of this pruning crime, one has only to Google “crape murder” and see page after page of sites that ...

Fast-growing crepe myrtle is a garden show-off, with bright flowers all summer long. Find out how to prune crepe myrtle to ...

And it is not healthy for the trees in the long run. Drastically cutting back crape myrtles creates large wounds that can serve as points of entry for fungal decay organisms. Pruning like this may ...

How to prune crape myrtle is always a popular subject whenever I make a presentation about pruning trees. The discussion always centers around how far back you should prune them. Unfortunately ...

While their leafy cousins parade their fabulous colors this month, the future for crape myrtles across the region — and beyond — is decidedly gray. The popular trees don’t bloom until summer ...

Each summer, Natchez bursts into vivid color as thousands of crepe myrtle trees bloom across downtown and nearby ...

Be prepared for a lot of digging, though: The roots of a crape myrtle can extend two or three times as far as the branches once reached. Because the prospect of having to repeatedly remove suckers ...

Crape myrtles have it all, from beautiful summer blooms to low water needs. Question: While driving along Main Street in Sebastopol last week, I was struck by the beauty of the stately trees with ...