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.

This popular myth about how to prune crape myrtles can actually cause damage to the trees Horticulturists call cutting off the tops of the trees 'crape murder' ...

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 ...

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.

Joellen Dimond discusses choosing nursery plants and Wes Hopper prunes crape myrtles.

By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension Too often, crape myrtles are cut back to bare trunks because this abuse will yield more flowers. This type of severe pruning results in a shorter ...

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.

The crepe myrtle bush does not have a single trunk but rather a wide range of branches which give it a bush-like appearance and classification. The crepe myrtle bush has smaller leaves and a smaller ...

The correct way to prune a crape myrtle involves enhancing its natural form. Crapemyrtles naturally grow as small upright or vase-shaped trees with multiple trunks. Because crapemyrtles are ...

It's not just crape myrtles. Aphids are all over pecans, oaks and other shade trees, as well as several other species of shrubs. And, yes, this is perhaps the worst year that I’ve seen.