While National Arbor Day is always in April, many Floridians do not know that Florida’s Arbor Day is the third Friday in ...

Crape Myrtles are one of the most well-known flowering ... at the tree sale is ‘Tonto’ (12 feet at maturity with fuchsia red flowers). Elderberries are typically grown as a large shrub.

Here are plants and flowers to enjoy, one for every month of the year, from lilacs, camellias and poinsettias to native ...

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 ...

I often wonder what our parkways would look like in winter if the crape myrtles planted there possessed colorful bark.

Somehow, the belief that crape myrtles should be brutally pruned by cutting off their tops persists, even though it's inaccurate. Crape murder is a term that has been coined to describe this ...

Neil Sperry Special to the Star-Telegram A crape myrtle is being prepared for lifting to new planting site. Neil Sperry Special to the Star-Telegram Work garden soil to incorporate organic ...

Learn how to properly prune Crepe Myrtles to maintain their health and avoid the common mistake of "Crepe Myrtle Murder." ...