With the right soil, light, and other growing conditions, you can root branch cuttings from lemon trees for a garden full of ...

Crape myrtles have put on their dazzling display lately, but crape myrtles are a flowering tree that needs care.

Native to China, Japan, and the Philippines, crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia indica) are so popular in the South, you probably ...

Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

The sooty mold struggle is real! A gardenia I grew from a clipping was on the brink of disaster, but with some research and a lot of elbow grease, I managed to nurse it back to health. Here's the ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but pro gardeners have plenty of reasons for why you shouldn't plant crepe myrtles.

Pruning your crepe myrtle into a multi-trunked or single-trunked tree enhances its autumn and winter interest by highlighting the plant's structure and multi-colored bark.

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Plant Doctor: Here’s the 411 on pruning and cutting back your crape myrtles Pruning crape myrtles is always a hot topic, but they don’t seem to mind how you do it. (Courtesy Tom MacCubbin) ...

If pruned properly, crape myrtles can grow into an attractive tree with summer blooms. Most arborists are not sure where the practice of topping crape myrtles started.

You cannot make an upright-growing crape myrtle grow in the shape of a mushroom by cutting it back. An upright growing variety will simply grow back upright again after being cut back.