Just because your neighbors butcher their crepe myrtles doesn't mean you should too. Here's how to fix past mistakes and prune them right. Each Saturday morning after football season ends, legions of ...

Caring for a crepe myrtle in winter can be tricky. The wrong move, and your tree won't live to see spring. Here's how to give your tree the best chance.

Stop fertilizing and reduce watering in fall to help crepe myrtles transition into winter dormancy. Fall is prime time to plant new crepe myrtles and prep existing ones with mulch and pest control.

We have two large crape myrtle trees in our back yard that used to bloom beautifully with large lavender flower heads. This ...

Freeze damage kills top growth of some varieties. Types like Tuscarora, Muskogee, Natchez, Sioux and Country Red have repeatedly been frozen by early freezes, late frosts and extremely cold winter ...

I recently bought a house in rural East Texas. It’s on 2.5 acres of heavily forested land. I didn’t walk the entire area before the closing, and only recently have I discovered that I apparently own a ...

Not long ago, I received the following email: “I have two crape myrtle trees in my front yard, one about 25 years old and one about 10 years old. They are in full sun. They usually bloom later than ...

Most people know hibiscus as a shrub bursting with bright flowers, but fewer realize it can be shaped into a small, ornamental tree. The secret isn't some rare variety or special fertilizer. All your ...

San Diego officials say the city trimmed a tree right next to a newly installed light post that a La Jolla Shores resident thinks shouldn’t have been put there in the first place. The streetlight was ...