Identifying a dominant leader and cutting away any competing leaders when a tree is young will allow it to grow more robustly ...

Cutting back crepe myrtles is a divisive topic, but there is one thing we can all agree on. The best time to cut back crepe ...

MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of crape myrtles, dwarf yaupon hollies, hibiscus, lichen on ...

Pruning is essential for almost all types of plants that live longer than one season from houseplants to landscape shrubs to ...

Crape myrtle is probably the most popular flowering tree in Los ... Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) is distinctive and ...

Drop in to see the beautiful Camellia Bloom Table; attend a tour by Sherman Gardens’ camellia expert, learn how to create your own bonsai using dwarf camellia ... to learn how make a camellia out of ...

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.