Pruning your crepe myrtle into a multi-trunked or single-trunked tree enhances its autumn and winter interest by highlighting the plant's structure and multi-colored bark.

Let’s settle the “Crape Murder” debate once and for all. Here’s what tree experts say about pruning this popular tree.

It's time to prune most summer-flowering trees such as crape myrtle, vitex, pomegranate, althea and mimosa. Pruning should generally be done between late January through early March to enhance their ...

Pruning is healthier than topping-out a tree and now is the time of year to do it. "The best time to prune a deciduous tree, even Crepe Myrtles, is during the dormant season. And we're in a window ...

How to prune crape myrtle is always a popular subject whenever I make a presentation about pruning trees. The discussion always centers around how far back you should prune them.

To prune a crape myrtle properly, first decide if it needs to be pruned. In other words, if you can't come up with a good reason to trim your tree -- leave it alone.

Urban forestry extension agent Larry Figart has advice for pruning trees in Northeast Florida, including some tips for properly maintaining crape myrtles.

Crape myrtles are usually grown as multi-trunked trees requiring corrective pruning at an early age. Trees are usually pruned to retain three major tree trunks.

Unfortunately, for many folks pruning crape myrtle is often synonymous with topping the tree. Most arborists are not sure where the practice of topping crape myrtles started.

This popular myth about how to prune crape myrtles can actually cause damage to the trees Horticulturists call cutting off the tops of the trees 'crape murder' ...

Here’s what to know about trimming a Crape Myrtle tree in North Carolina without committing Crepe Murder. How to cut branches, how much to trim.