Q: My neighbor has a beautiful pink crape myrtle. She has given me permission to take cuttings; yet, nothing so far has been successful. How do you propagate crape myrtles?

Do you want to grow more crape myrtle plants identical to your best ones? May is the best month to use softwood cuttings for propagation. Although most gardeners purchase plants in containers, ...

Dear Neil: We added a Natchez crape myrtle to our landscape this spring, and it's doing very well. However, when it blooms, one of its four trunks has pink flowers. How does that happen? What can we ...

You’ve probably seen crape myrtle trees pruned to look like a coat rack. Hopefully, you’re not guilty of doing this. The term “crape murder” was coined to describe this drastic topping of crape ...

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 of ...

A 1-gallon pot should hold several azalea or crape myrtle cuttings. Enclose with clear plastic to create a greenhouse effect. After the spring blooms have faded, prune Encore azaleas lightly. Q: My ...