Awesome!!!

Glad you liked it. Was it helpful?

Oh yay that makes me happy. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Can't wait!

Thank you, Karen. ❤️

Thank you so much. ❤️

The single ones will stand up too. Their trunks are super strong.

Well…no but I am glad you were brought great memories. It was in central North Carolina 😊

Hey, thank you so much for reaching out. This was at my daughters rental house. She just moved out but I bet I could ask them if I could come this summer and take a picture of it. It looked so nice last summer after it filled in. Let me work on that. Thank you so much for watching!

WOW thanks so much. Just what I needed to see. I think I can save myself a couple of hundred dollars of what was going to be charged to me. A lot of other videos o my talk about what to do and not show you. Thanks.

Late comment but the freeze last year definitely hurt a lot of my plants!

The Crape Myrtle is so beautiful and will bloom it’s heart out all season long. You don’t have to prune the spent blooms off. It drops them off naturally unless you just want to. I never do.

Well I may have committed genocide to my Crape Myrtles due to being ignorant of what this thing was (new house). I had no idea what it was but it looked dead as a door nail and was about 25’ tall. There were several about 7-9 large trunks ranging from about 4” to 7” in diameter. I cut them all down with the reciprocating saw about 18” above ground level with the intention of coming back and pulling out the stump. I kept seeing all these green shoots coming up from the base at or below ground level that were turning maroon. The neighbor today asked me why I didn’t like that scrape Myrtle. I replied to her what Crape Myrtle? My first thought was my neighbor lady spying on us maybe from somehow inside the house? My fiancé wants a few Crepe Myrtles badly and I told her we definitely would do so. Then she pointed to the collection of stumps where I had been burning sticks inside of this thing trying ti kill it. Now that you’ve heard my confessions of my attempted tree genocide here is the plan. I’d like to propagate these sucker limbs at the base that appear to be good and grow several new Crape Myrtles for our house and my parents. I understood on how to cut them and so on. However I still have more questions than answers at this point after getting them rooted then what? How many do I plant? Will 1 start make several trunks or do I plant multiple starts to get more trunks… how does that work? When do I prune? What zone am I in? How can I tell what type of crape Myrtle I have? For some unknown reason to me I have either amazing luck with plants or was gifted a very green thumb. It just isn’t my forte to grow things (I’m a CNC machinist/programmer not a botanist). However these trees seem amazingly beautiful and would mean the world to my future wife and I would love to be able to do this for her and my folks too. Any help, advice, links, tutorials, or tree manuals would be much appreciated.

1, 3 or 5 trunks is the best crape myrtle tree structure in my opinion. Odd numbers look better also. I’m pruning mine to 1 trunk. I have over 100 in pots.

Yes!!!! I would love that. Besides my daughter just moved to San Diego so any excuse to see her also 😉

Wow!!! You made making this video worth every second! Thank you for sharing. So your big tree, does it need to be pruned? Are you looking to cut it back to take some height off? It sounds like it’s growing well has great trunks and just needs minimal pruning. If you want to cut it back just do not give it a “flat top”. Step back and look at the branches. Cut holding your loppers or pruners like I show in the video. Make thought-out cuts. Cut each branch individually. Feel free to ask questions. I’ll be happy to help you.

I’m so excited you found me. Yay! Sure it’s ok to prune them when they are young but is it necessary? Be selective in your cuts. Make sure you cut any crossing branches and enjoy your trees. Great question 😊

Not much and don’t prune unless you have to. It’s not necessary to prune unless hog need to.

Hi there! I’m so glad you are asking questions first. That’s the key. I would cut the tall shoots but be careful not to top them. Just make careful thought out cuts and know that trees are forgiving. Look at each branch and see how you want it to grow, then cut it like I show in the video. If you have any other questions feel free to ask! I’m happy to help 😀. You’ve got this!

@@thesoutherndaisyllc Thank you!!! I will take a look at the trees and see where the longer branches start and go from there.

I have a similar situation. I've found the black diamond type crepe myrtle's to be very susceptible to insect and disease, even if treated. The larger ones I purchased have done a bit better but overall uneven growth and success even with knowledgeable intention. good luck

Hi, so there are different varieties of Crape Myrtles. Some that are trees and then there are others that are a shrub Crape Myrtle. If you didn't buy a shrub Crape Myrtle you will have a long fight on your hands and a tree that will really never conform to a shrub like you are desiring. My best advice is to maybe replant those trees somewhere else and buy the right type of 'shrub' Crape for the look you desire. This is of course assuming the four you planted are the tree variety. The shrubs look more like a ball than a tree and the trees are the opposite. Feel free to send me a picture of what you have to my email and I can help you with that. kim@thesoutherndaisy.com. Hope that helps you. Have a great day and thank you for watching!

There is nothing you can do to prevent that. Only thing you can do it pop them off when you see them come up

@@thesoutherndaisyllc THANK YOU!

@@lanirussell4749 anytime!

I just posted a video where an arborist explained how to make this work. It does take time but his directions are really good.

I bet you would do just fine. Jusy stop and think before each cut. Mainly of any branches rub together, cut one of them. If one is going a crazy direction cut that one and if you want the shape different trim it to look better or lower. I believe in you!!☺️

Right! Its a great use for my fire pit :-) Thanks for watching!!!

Hey, so I am in zone 7b in NC The best time for me is January or February. Will you share with me your zone and I will give you that time. So what you are looking for is while the tree is still without its leaves and nearing the end of the winter season.

@thesoutherndaisyllc 9a zone is what I see from the map .. but new to gardening and planting trees .. so south of San Antonio TX.

I’m in NC zone 7b so here it’s always late Jan early Feb. you want it to be dormant (no leaves on it during the winter months)

@@thesoutherndaisyllc Thank you so much 🙏😊.

February to March

I’m in zone 7b

@@thesoutherndaisyllc sweet I will keep watching 😍 I am in zone 8. We inherited a monster crape myrtle it was getting up into the power lines and my husband butchered it like so many you see. I will get out there and do what you did here plus trim it down some. Thanks so much!

@@ncflowergirl1446 oh goodness well at least there’s hope. It’s ok it happens and luckily they are able to hang on and thrive. I know you’ll get it right. Thanks for watching

@@thesoutherndaisyllc I finally got out there yesterday and cleaned up my big crepe myrtle. It was hard not to get disgusted and want to get the chainsaw and start over 🤪 I got it done except for a few tight interior limbs that I need a tiny saw for but I am excited I might actually get some decent flowers this year. Thanks so much for putting your video out there 😍

@@ncflowergirl1446 see look at that you did it! I’m proud of you for taking the time And not using the chainsaw and starting over. I know it is going to be gorgeous. You are most welcome.

Hi Joe, it actually filled in beautifully after this pruning over the summer and was so vibrant. This is at a rental property so there wasn’t an option to cut it down. I agree when it’s cut incorrectly it’s hard to want to keep it but so glad we did. Worked out beautifully.

Let’s see if I can explain better to get the thumb to go up instead. 😊. My daughter was renting that house. She didn’t own the property therefore the trees weren’t hers to decide what extent they could be pruned. I wanted to do a tutorial on pruning to share but didn’t have access to another property with Crape Myrtles. If it were my own tree or I was working for the homeowner I would have pruned a little more of the branches. Nothing that I was hiding or that would change the outcome of the video. It was using the same technique I showed. I’m going to show another one of a friends that I have permission to do what needs doing to film hopefully next week. So does that clear it up? I hope that changes your mind 😊

I gave this a thumbs up, because Kim, you are AweSome! I love your enthusiasm in sharing your knowledge, thank you. I am glad I found your channel, I tell everyone about you. I look forward to your videos!!!!

@@Marie-1964 that is so incredibly nice of you. Wow! You know I keep saying that I should save these comments so that when I feel sad or lacking confidence I can remember what good people you are! Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I truly appreciate the thumbs up and your words!

​@@thesoutherndaisyllcsome people are just dense. Even after explaining something to them three times, you just get a blank expression on their face. 😂