I usually wait until mid-January to write something on this topic but this week I saw my first severe pruning of a crape myrtle for this dormant season earlier this month. So, instead of visions ...

Years ago, this was hog butchering time. Now it's become crape myrtle butchering time. The only pruning crape myrtles ever need is thinning the trunks as they are developing to the desired ...

It doesn’t matter how horticulturists talk about proper pruning techniques, each year more and more trees are cut back to stubs. Standard crape myrtles have the potential to be wonderful small ...