Purple flowering trees are among the most breathtaking sights in nature, turning gardens, parks, and entire landscapes into living works of art. From deep violet blossoms to delicate lavender petals, ...

If you have a crape myrtle tree in your yard, you may have heard about "Crape Murder". It's when the tops of crape myrtles are cut down.

If you're planning to prune the crape myrtle in your yard, stop and read this first.

Most arborists are not sure where the practice of topping crape myrtles started. The practice has been around a long time. The technique of severely pruning crape myrtles has even been given a ...

Find out when it is too late to prune crape myrtles if you want to enjoy their flowers.

Crape myrtles all across Texas started shedding leaves early this year due to the prolonged heat and late summer dry spell. That’s compared to a relatively wet spring where the plants put on ...

Texas heat, shallow soil, or too much shade can all affect crape myrtles, causing their leaves to drop prematurely. (Contributed Photo) ...

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 ...

Crape myrtle bark scale, an invasive insect first spotted in Delaware in 2020, threatens the beauty of crape myrtles, an ornamental tree popular in landscapes throughout the state. The pest is now ...

The myrtle is quite clearly a tree—one that grows in an inelegant tangle of oft-gnarled trunks. Pedants may argue that the crape’s hydra of stems technically qualify it as a shrub.

You’ve probably seen crape myrtle trees pruned to look like a coat rack. Hopefully, you’re not guilty of doing this. The term “crape murder” was coined to describe this drastic topping of ...

I was thinking about planting crape myrtles that would grow to be about 15 feet in height and 8 feet in width. Please suggest a type of crape myrtle that would not get to be too large.