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A: The main advice doesn’t change. Never let the soil become dry to the touch. Keep it moist at all times. Learn to “read” the soil, both visually and by feeling it. However, in general terms for the ...

Crape myrtle blooms on new growth, so the best time to cut back these trees is in late winter, before new growth has sprouted ...

It’s December in Los Angeles, but if you just arrived here from Chicago or New York and have never been here before, you may ...

The front yard is also the perfect spot for establishing a specimen tree as a focal point — a flowering tree, such as the Southern magnolia ... You’ve also got to plant during the right season (fall, ...

If lightly pruning to shape shrubs, the best time to do this is in late winter or early spring when the plant is dormant. Crape myrtle is not prone to many pests and diseases. It may suffer from ...

With 'Pocomoke' there's no danger of removing existing flower buds when you give the plant a general tidy-up during this time. But as this is a dwarf hybrid, it's not necessary to shear it back at all ...

The crape myrtle: It's the national tree of Pakistan, yet not everyone agrees it's really ... However, if pruned properly, it will make an attractive flowering single-trunk street tree.

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Don’t mistake the true Myrtle (Myrtus) for its distant cousin, the Crepe Myrtle—this plant has its own unique story ...

The unusually warm November weather has even prompted lilacs to bloom at Highland Park ... but it’s probably not good. It’s probably a bad sign if the seasons are off.” ...

Two inches of mulch is good over flower beds, and three inches is ideal ... borderline-hardy trees and shrubs such as figs, crape myrtles, and some mophead hydrangeas; 2.) broad-leaf evergreens ...