11 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Crape Myrtle – the follow up post

As a follow up post to yesterday’s article on “crape murder,” here are a couple pictures of some crape myrtles that we pruned earlier today.  Remember, the best time to trim a crape myrtle is in the fall or winter when the plant is in a dormant stage. Before

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10 February 2010 ~ 1 Comment

How to Prune a Crape Myrtle

As in any job, there are many vexing practices in which other companies engage.  One of these is the infamous ”crape murder” of crape myrtles.  Nothing is more horrendous to see than a crape myrtle chopped off at waist level. Greg Grant with Piney Woods Native Plant Center at the Austin State University has an excellent write-up on [...]

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