Q. I would like to be able to propagate redbud trees and crape myrtles. I have tried before to no avail. Can you tell me how? A. The hard seed coat and dormant embryo of the redbud seed slows ...

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, ...

One of the great things about gardening is you don’t have to spend a lot of money to grow some excellent plants. If you have some time and patience, you can propagate a lot of different perennials, ...

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?

The queen’s crape myrtle — also called pride of India — puts common crape myrtle hybrids in the shade, literally. Ranging from 30 to 60 feet tall, this deciduous species (Lagerstroemia speciosa) ...

The Rowan County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers had a highly successful plant sale at the Agricultural Center this year, with more than 400 people purchasing plants. I hope everyone is as ...

Q: I live in an area with many crape myrtles. This year, the red cultivars bloomed but not the trees with white flowers. Why did this happen? Crape myrtles flower on current-season growth.

This improperly pruned crape myrtle tree has undergone “crape murder,” which is when the entire crown of the crape myrtle tree is cut off. Courtesy of Leaf & Limb, a Raleigh-based tree care company ...

We all enjoy the colorful blooms of flowering crape myrtles in the summer. But it’s those same trees that all too often fall victim to a misguided winter ritual known as “crape murder,” the aggressive ...

Crepe myrtle shrubs and trees are in full bloom this time of year. I’ve seen some nice specimens in local landscapes as well as at the old airport, in some cemeteries and in Hilo parking lots. The ...

Dear Neil: A vitex and a crape myrtle are in bloom about a quarter-mile from our house. They are where a house burned several years ago. We don't know how they survived the fire. Moving them is out of ...