A poorly pruned crepe myrtle tree can turn into an eyesore with twiggy growth and a lack of flowers. Follow this guide to keep your tree in tip-top shape.

Dear Neil: Why do named varieties of crape myrtles seem to disappear from nurseries ... need bright light to develop their most intense leaf colors. Household lighting is far too dark to meet ...

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

Pruning your crepe myrtle into a multi-trunked or single-trunked tree enhances its ... ends that put out sprays of small twiggy stems and leaves the plant looking like a hydra with bad hair.