In the past, it was true that you pruned crape myrtles to reduce powdery mildew infestations. With the breeding of plenty of ...

When crape myrtles are cut back hard every year, it is a pruning technique called pollarding. In most cases, this annual ...

For those who reside in USDA hardiness zones 6 through 9, the crepe myrtle tree offers the full package of beautiful showy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...