Orlando Sentinel7d
Plant Doctor: Here’s the 411 on pruning and cutting back your crape myrtles
Question: I have a friend who wants to know the best time to prune crape myrtles. I told him February. Is this correct? Answer: Pruning crape myrtles is always a hot topic. Some want to do heavy ...
Yahoo23d
Crape myrtles require very little pruning. Here's when and how to prune them correctly
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 ...
Orange County Register14d
What’s an often overlooked feature of trees in your garden? The bark.
Crape myrtle is probably the most popular flowering ... white lenticels or slits which facilitate gas exchange between the trunk’s interior cells and the outside air. Red birch grows slowly ...
The Florida Times-Union14d
Florida's Arbor Day is Jan. 17. Here's a guide to trees to plant in your yard
The trees available will be Elderberry, native Persimmon, Shumard Oak, Crape Myrtle ‘Tonto’, Eastern ... Apply 2-3 gallons of water per inch of trunk diameter of the tree (measured at one ...
The Beaumont Enterprise13d
Don't make this mistake when pruning your Crepe Myrtles
Crepe Myrtles are small, multi-trunked trees that too many gardeners simply do not prune correctly. In, fact the word botch is more applicable! A Southern Living magazine article in 1997 referred ...