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crape myrtle pruning

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

I saw this tree:

is there any benefit to trimming it up so high?

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
wrong plant.. in the wrong spot.. requiring the wrong pruning.. about sums it up ...

you said its not yours right.. lol ... different answer if it is... lol ...

ken

ps: the nimrod .. not if you did it ... planted a darn shrub.. and now he/she.. cant see down the street when backing out of the garage .. ya know.. the neighbors get real pissed off.. when you mow down some kind on a bike ..
Waverly
Original Author
11 years ago
Our neighborhood is newer and everyone has a maple tree and a crape myrtle in the front yard. A lot of my neighbors crape murder theirs... this is a new style for sure though. We refer to it as the "african tree" because it looks like one of those acacia umbrella-shaped trees.

The guy is always outside working on his yard, so i thought maybe he knew something I didn't.

I do have a crape myrtle and a maple in my front yard too-- mine is lightly maintained, I basically just pull the suckers off the bottom.
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11 years ago
Jeez, remind me not to post pics on GW!

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