How do I establish my crape myrtle?
M. Adams
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Comments (1)I much prefer them apart. Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreI think my crape myrtles got zapped....
Comments (6)Hang in there...I suspect the crepe myrtles will bounce back. They are really a hardy tree and I wouldn't cut them just yet. I got two of the mini-crepe myrtles at Home Depot last fall. Put one in the ground and the other in a planter. They were both outside when the cold snap hit at Easter. I'm in Chesapeake, which may be further south than you but it got down to 32 degrees here. Both of my trees are leafing out now. Good luck...Vikki...See MoreIts August, can I replant my 6'' dwarf crape myrtle
Comments (2)No one can say as we have NO IDEA where on earth you are located. Location matters, especially when considering growing in a container year-round....See MoreWhy do my crape myrtles look like this?
Comments (7)I take it that the pruning occurred recently relative to the taking of the picture ....? ... in which case there would still be a lot of growth to be forthcoming from the top of the tree. It is normal for crapes to send up some more new growth emanating from the base. Pruning the top encourages growth to come from elsewhere, too, in addition to growth that will return from the top. Usually, this stabilizes over a period of time. If some kind of major damage occurred to the top (... freezing?), that would encourage a whole lot growth to come from elsewhere, mainly the base. I take it that these pictures are (or the pruning was) from some time earlier as it would be very late to be hard pruning crapes. I don't know how picky you are about the structural form of the trunk system. I see that you have the original narrow, multi-trunk tree form (as it comes from the grower), and then cut it at eyeball height for a period, causing trunk branching above that height. Now, you're cutting at the 8' height. The end result gives some knobbiness to the trunks. Personally, I prefer that they create a cleaner vase (V) shape from the ground up, and that the branching is random and natural (as opposed to our being able to clearly tell where cuts were made for a period of time. IMO, all the cutting should occur only at the final top.) If you decide to "clean it up" this can be done any year just prior to new growth. Cut the whole thing to the ground and let it regrow, without any more pruning until the end of summer, when selection of trunks and removal of lower side branches can occur. (It would be too late to do this now.) Here's an example of a rejuvenated crape... (Sorry about background clutter.) (TECO Electric did the original trimming to ground. Free of charge! :-)...See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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