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, ...

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?

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, ...

Also known as "Lilac of the South" due to its popularity in zones 7 to 9, crape myrtle is a deciduous shrub or small tree that explodes with white, deep rose, or magenta blossoms from July to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...