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

▪ Topping trees, most notably tree-form crape myrtles. This used to be done to mimosas as well. It ruins the plants’ natural ...

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Another plant that flowers exclusively on new growth is the crepe myrtle, which means it’s a prime candidate for substantial pruning. Not only is winter its dormant period, but this is also when ...

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 ...

Late February is usually the time for pruning your summer flowering trees and shrubs, such as crape myrtles and knock-out roses. Just be sure that any extremely cold weather is behind us.

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Avoid pruning in fall and early winter. Pruning stimulates growth which is often killed with late frosts and freezes. Many crape myrtles have been killed outright by excessive fall pruning.