Instead, wait until after the holidays to begin thinking about how you want to prune the crepe myrtles in your garden. "The ...

If needed, extensive pruning should be done to spring-flowering trees and shrubs soon after they finish flowering. Prune ...

MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of crape myrtles, dwarf yaupon hollies, hibiscus, lichen on ...

Tree limbs that break off in high winds were often incorrectly pruned, plus how much defensible space is enough for fire ...

▪ Topping trees, most notably tree-form crape myrtles. This used to be done to mimosas as well. It ruins the plants’ natural ...

Identifying a dominant leader and cutting away any competing leaders when a tree is young will allow it to grow more robustly ...

This crepe myrtle tree has wound wood around a cut, indicating that the tree was properly pruned. (Photo by Joshua Siskin) So how do you identity a successful pruning cut? It’s quite easy since ...