I grabbed some for my neighbor yesterday and made cuttings this afternoon. We'll see if they grow!

I use fresh crape myrtle cuttings to support my tomatos each Spring...in the rich beds the four foot cuttings sprout roots and leaves by mid-season..... I've re-planted them with success........doug

Doug, thanks for sharing. That's a great idea. I'll have to do that!

So far so good! I made a bunch of cuttings about a month ago and counted 10 growing leaves tonight. Hope they are rooting.

That's great! I was about to toss out the cassia cuttings I had taken, but noticed new growth coming out, so I'm hoping they'll grow.

Here's an update on my crape myrtle cuttings. Almost all of them are growing. I haven't seen any roots yet.

That's great! Glad you had such success.

I have had a crape myrtle shoot growing since last year and it's starting to really take off. However, it was not rooted from a cut branch but from one of the little babies that came from one of the offshoots from the roots. I didn't have to worry about rooting it because it already had a tiny little root system.