Texas A&M Forest Service warns against incorrect pruning practices for the beautiful trees.

Pink flowering trees create a focal point in the garden, offering outstanding color and eye-catching blooms. These trees also ...

We have moved our rural fencing and my wife now wants to take five crape myrtles out. Can trees this large be successfully ...

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

There are few summer sights more iconic than a crepe myrtle in full bloom. In colorful hues like pink, violet, and red, crepe ...

Tree limbs that break off in high winds were often incorrectly pruned, plus how much defensible space is enough for fire ...

The tree’s health? Butchering Crepe Myrtles ... meaning branches can withstand wind gusts. Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale is a small insect that appears as grayish white and leaves a velvet-like ...

This crepe myrtle tree has wound wood around a cut, indicating that the tree was properly pruned. (Photo by Joshua Siskin) So how do you identity a successful pruning cut? It’s quite easy since ...

Duke Energy’s tree giveaway encourages Floridians to plant the right tree in the right place to keep the power flowing ...

Identifying a dominant leader and cutting away any competing leaders when a tree is young will allow it to grow more robustly and live longer, said a local certified arborist.

Vitexes: These small trees put on a stunning display of purple flower spikes each May and June. A second flush sometimes ...

If needed, extensive pruning should be done to spring-flowering trees and shrubs soon after they finish flowering. Prune ...