If crepe myrtles stop flowering, these tips will help your plants rebloom Known as the “lilac of the South,” crepe myrtles can’t help but impress when they produce their colorful bounty of ...

MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of crape myrtles, dwarf yaupon hollies, hibiscus, lichen on ...

When To Cut Back Crepe Myrtles. While some gardeners may assume that the minute a crepe myrtle's branches are bare, it's time ...

Most arborists are not sure where the practice of topping ... about pruning trees and when to prune them To improve flowering, most crape myrtles need minimal pruning often called “pencil ...

The trouble is crape myrtles are extremely resilient, and, since they bloom on the current season's growth, the bad pruning practices are glossed over, not to mention the gross, enlarged knots on ...

• Generally, most pruning of trees and shrubs is best done in late winter. Spring-blooming shrubs should be pruned after ...

Crepe Myrtles are small, multi-trunked trees that too many gardeners simply do not prune correctly. In, fact the word botch is more applicable! A Southern Living magazine article in 1997 referred ...

For summer flowering shrubs, late winter/early spring, before green up begins, is the best time to prune for them to look ...

White, wooly adults (figure 1, 2) with pink to purple eggs underneath (Figure 3) can be seen in late spring. The first generation was observed in late May through early June using a hand lens or ...