How to prune crape myrtle is always a popular subject whenever I make a presentation about pruning trees.The discussion always centers around how far back you should prune them.

Pole pruners or a pruning saw to cut branches more than 1-1/2 inches thick. When to Cut Late winter (right now) is the best time to prune a crepe myrtle, because it's leafless and you can easily ...

How to Prune Crepe Myrtle The best tool to use depends on the size of the branch you need to prune or remove. Hand tools including a pruning saw, hand pruner , pole pruner , or lopper are all ...

Never reduce a crepe myrtle’s height. It leads to the Medusa effect damaging and disfiguring the tree. Don’t utilize the chainsaw haircut pruning approach, which ensures a plethora of willow ...

Now’s the time of year you’re most likely to see naked crape myrtle trees, the unfortunate consequence of improper wintertime pruning. The practice has even been given a not-so-affectionate ...

Pruning is a constant part of keeping our landscape in check, regardless of season. It seems as if everybody has a pruning ...

The question about pruning crepe myrtles and other plants seem to top the list of questions for this week. The butchers are out there! Horticulture Hotline: How to prune crepe myrtles ...

Houstonians have such an overwhelming obsession with pruning crape myrtles, some tree experts have taken to calling this usually harmful activity "crape murder." No one seems to know how or why ...

This later pruning removes the old seed heads and thin stems at the end of shoots back to portions about the diameter of a pencil. But as you noted, some crape myrtles are cut way back to stubs ...

Crepe Myrtle January is the perfect time for pruning crepe myrtle , a large shrub or small tree that flowers in summer and fall. Unfortunately, this is a plant that is too often pruned incorrectly.

For example, many crape myrtles are severely cut back (crape murder) to encourage new growth. To some people this is an acceptable practice but it is not an appropriate pruning technique on the plant.

How to prune crape myrtle is always a popular subject whenever I make a presentation about pruning trees. The discussion always centers around how far back you should prune them.