A poorly pruned crepe myrtle tree can turn into an eyesore with twiggy growth and a lack of flowers. Follow this guide to ...

Crape myrtle trees bloom on the new growth ... For most standard crape myrtles, choose three, five or seven main trunks. Odd numbers give you a more desirable mature form than even.

Walter Reeves gives advice on azalea and camellia leaf gall, and how to grow a new trunk for a crape myrtle tree.

Dear Neil: Why do named varieties of crape myrtles seem to disappear ... Dear Neil: My redbud tree has developed knobby growths along its trunk. It’s also sending up new trunks from the base.