While some gardeners may assume that the minute a crepe myrtle's branches are bare, it's time to start pruning, it's best to ...

Question: I have a friend who wants to know the best time to prune crape myrtles. I told him February. Is this correct? Answer: Pruning crape myrtles is always a hot topic. Some want to do heavy ...

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

Pruning plants is one important fall gardening task as you get everything in order. However, while there are many plants you ...

Identifying a dominant leader and cutting away any competing leaders when a tree is young will allow it to grow more robustly and live longer, said a local certified arborist.

For summer flowering shrubs, late winter/early spring, before green up begins, is the best time to prune for them to look ...

A resting phase is a good time to prune. About the only time not to prune is late summer and early fall, as this might encourage late growth that wouldn't harden off in time for winter. In the North, ...

A Southern Living magazine article in 1997 referred to the adverse pruning practice of severely cutting crepe myrtles down to stubs, terming it “crepe myrtle murder.” The phrase remains in use ...