Crape myrtles have put on their dazzling display lately, but crape myrtles are a flowering tree that needs care.

"To keep your crepe myrtle looking more like a tree (and less like a big shrub), trim off the lower branches from the main trunks up to about 5 feet high," Kaiser stated. You can go higher for ...

Gardening 101: Crape Myrtles 02:31. NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Despite being native to China and Korea, the Crape Myrtle is the official shrub of Texas. You can hardly walk down a street in this ...

Q: I thought you were a Southerner, Walter! But in a recent AJC article, you spelled “crepe myrtle” as CRAPE myrtle. Shame, shame! This from an 80-year-old woman!

Now’s the time of year you’re most likely to see naked crape myrtle trees, the unfortunate consequence of improper wintertime pruning. The practice has even been given a not-so-affectionate ...

Topping a crape myrtle forces the tree to produce unsightly root suckers. Ultimately, topping results in an ugly, odd-looking, higher-maintenance, out-of-balance (much-reduced canopy but same root ...

The single-trunk crape myrtle is a popular street tree that grows 15 to 25 feet tall and usually does not interfere with power lines. If you have limited space, consider a semi-dwarf variety that ...

Many crape myrtle trees across the D.C. region are infested by a bug called bark scale, which leaves behind a black fungal infection. A cure is elusive.

How to ruin a crape myrtle tree July 23, 2023 at 1:47 a.m. by Richard Mason ...

Just resist hacking the crape myrtle trees and shrubs back to large stubs. What many refer to as “crape murder” ruins the shape of the crape myrtles and delays flowering.

I enjoy living n a heavily wooded area; that's why I oppose over-pruning of any tree. Sure, we do need to prune trees if they are in a urban setting and they are a danger to power lines, but we ...