When you close your eyes and think of a Southern summer garden, the first image may be an ancient live oak with low, sweeping branches, but the second image is puffs of sunset sky-colored crepe myrtle ...

There are mixed opinions about how and when to prune a crepe myrtle. We talked to a gardening expert to get tips and tricks ...

Early summer is when crepe myrtle is looking its best, with showy crinkly clusters of blooms in pink, red, white, and purple. But, to ensure you get dazzling blooms, you need to give this showy shrub ...

Picture this: a once-graceful crape myrtle, reduced to sad, bare stumps each winter — a practice known as “crape murder.” Many believe this drastic pruning will create a spectacular show of flowers, ...

Pruning is a constant part of keeping our landscape in check, regardless of season. It seems as if everybody has a pruning question, generally when the weather changes or changes of the season. Master ...