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Only one i grow was turned into a "Bonsai " is almost 25 and still under 2 feet lol. There are several types but all seem very amendable to pruning

My neighbor grows the large leafed typed and he prunes it every week mostly removing the flowers ,insisting on the globe shape .

Think they would make a spectacular "standard " as in the pic and they would not go dormant like the Crepe myrtles . I'd go ahead and prune away since warm weather has arrived and eventually you'll have to do something anyway?? good luck gary

Here's what we did this morning. I wish I had a before photo, but too anxious to get the job over with. The right side of the bush leans over the swale, so can't reach so high there. Maybe I'll get the ladder out and do some more pruning on that side. Hubby did most of the hard work but I got good and sweaty too. I'm sure it will recover from our butchery!

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here is a pic of my 30 year old dwarfed one still under 2 feet lol Growing it in a drip tray with annual root pruning with sphag as a medium. I grow twig orchid on it but not very well Though I got a couple of flowers this past winter Good luck with your pruning I'm sure it will survive probably even grow better gary

Gary, hard to believe they are the same plant! We cut a couple branches to the ground and one was over 4 inches in diameter. It's been in the ground about 5 years and certainly loves where it's growing. If I had only known ....