Santa will be appearing at numerous places throughout Gillespie County this holiday season. He’s getting help from stand-ins ...

There are many ways to trim crape myrtles, but not all of them are correct. I have seen crape myrtles gently thinned and ...

Now that we are into the dormant pruning season, it is a good time to pause before pulling out the tools. Before cutting, ...

If edible plants are more your thing, passionfruit not only tastes incredible at Christmas, they also look fantastic with ...

If you just bought some new shrubs like a Hydrangea, Crape Myrtle, Dogwood, Viburnum, Rose of Sharon, or so many others, here ...

Late fall is an ideal time to prune many trees and shrubs because their branch structure is visible after the leaves have ...

Not long ago, I received the following email: “I have two crape myrtle trees in my front yard, one about 25 years old and one about 10 years old. They are in full sun. They usually bloom later than ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - September always feels like a season of transition. School has started back up, football games are back to being a weekly weekend ritual, and I am looking forward to cooler ...

Though springtime in Lancaster County is greeted by a spectrum of blooming trees and shrubs, late-summer color can be hard to come by. Fortunately, in Lancaster County, we can grow crape myrtle, a ...

Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall. Most varieties produce beautiful blooms starting in spring or ...

Crape murder is happening all over town. It doesn’t matter how horticulturists talk about proper pruning techniques, each year more and more trees are cut back to stubs. Standard crape myrtles have ...