Great, informative video. I live in a condo development and have limited space. I bought a Tonto Crape Myrtle that I planted in a big, double walled, insulated planter. I use Pine bark to retain moisture in the planter. My Crape Myrtle flowered well last year. I did trim prior to winter, so the shrub jacket cover would fit. I live in zone 6b. This year, I had to trim the inner area of my Crape Myrtle. There wasn't any leaf growth on the thin stems in the center. I am hoping my Crape Myrtle looks as beautiful as it was last year. I am so impressed how fast Crape Myrtles grow.

Great video. We just bought a home with 10 crape myrtles and some had really gotten too big for their area. I feel more confident about getting them back in shape without ruining them. Thank you!

This video was a big help. Thanks for the tips.

Ty!! This is the video I have been looking for. Great info! Thank you!! Thank you!!

I 💚💚luuuv crape myrtle since I discovered it last year - it was my first plant _ever_ to bloom plus it bloomed the first summer I got it from a tiny stick to a pink beauty in 3 months. 🎉🎉

best crepe mrytle Tutorial I have seen. thank you

Excellent job. Very informative and well explained.

Great info . Thanks it's always what I suspected !

Very informative! Thanks for teaching!

Thanks for this super informative video that I found this year as I'm researching for a Lagerstoemia to buy for my garden. What a shame you're so far away.

You're right, I've seen pollarding and buckhorning used a lot on Crepe Myrtles here in Central Florida. Buckhorning is also sometimes used in the citrus industry in an attempt to rejuvenate diseased trees.

I actually am trying to find some videos online on how to pollard crepe myrtles as a long term practice. To use the pruned branches for different things.

HI. Thank you for your in-depth video. We bought a home in Pine Grove Calif. I learned a lot we moved here in Aug 2023 and the Crape Myrtles look horrible some had no blooms, and some had a few. Some are large and some are smaller trees that look terrible. I know the people selling stopped caring about the yard due to the high cost of water in Amador County. So, I realize they have the seed pods on them so a pruning will help but what about feeding? The are all in full sun is it a water issue.?

Really excellent - packed with great info, We bought a house here in GA where the owners had Crape Murdered the Myrtles pretty badly. Not sure I can do much other than replace them, but your video has me thinking I'll at least try. Thorough, fast info! And how can you talk that long and fast without at least a dink of water now and then? :)

I’m doing a crepe Myrtle prune for first time ever. Thanks for the great info! I’m in Florida and have two different moss growth areas. Will moss hurt the tree? I’m removing what I can reach by hand.

GREAT CORRRCT INFORMATION THANKS

Thank you so much.

Just a quick question. I love Crepe Myrtles so i bought 5 bareroot varieties of a pink variety. Two of them leafed out but the other three no leafs or growth. The trunks have some green underneath the bark. So i keep watering them and hope for the best. Just wondering why its not leafing out? Thank you for your time.

Great information! But one more question!If I have Tree form crêpe myrtles and they’re just getting too tall what’s the best way to prune them height wise?

Thanks!

I have a question. The city brought a bush mulcher on a tractor with the chains and mangled the crepe Myrtle bushes. There's plenty that is alive, but half of the bottom stems are ripped open and exposed to the air. Will it get the powdery mildew now? Will they repair themselves? They are all jagged and destroyed looking.... Do you have any advice? They are over 20 feet tall and have been there for 40 years... I can't believe they didn't send us a letter saying to fix it. I'm so sad for my trees....

Can you do a video on the different types of crape myrtles. I’ve been searching for one that will have a slender upright growth, full hardy leaves and not get too tall. Thanks so much. Your videos have been helpful.

I hope this is the video where you actually show us from #1 Step. finally found someone

Thanks, Great video! Well done and full of information. What zone are you in?

I have a Natchez that I planted a little over a year ago and it has bark scale. I have washed it twice with dish soap and sprayed it twice with neem oil. It does look a lot better and finally started blooming and growing more but some scale is still there. It is now the beginning of August so is it ok if I keep scrubbing it and spraying oil on it at this time of year? I do it on days when the temperature is lower and overcast for several days to not burn the leaves. I am so nervous of ever using a systemic because I don’t want to hurt the bees. If I use one in the fall is it guaranteed that it won’t hurt them?

please advice on how to get a crape myrtle back to a manageable height after reaching 20' tall ?

I have a young wax Myrtle that has reached about six feet and I’m trying to tree form… it has several of what you call telephone pole branches. How do you handle those? Do you prune the tip to create branching?

An you talk about the sunset magic i have a tag saing they'll get 8 dft tall is this true

I planted a Crpe Myrtle 3 years ago.we are in northern NJ the tree was planted while about 1 ft. everything dies off late fall and winter and never comes back. we get New growth each year from the base and they grow taller from the base? is this normal?

Should seed pods be pruned off or left on

Why does my myrtle bloom on one side before the other

I was given 4 crepe myrtles. They are about 8 or 9 years old. They now grow into my power lines. How low can I prune the crepe back?

I can't get the suckers at the root to stop coming back. So annoying. They pop up multiple times a year.

later in the summer when the flowers darken and lose their color is it OK to trim them like a rose? After my myrtle looses its flowers a round ball is left. Is it better to just leave it as is or better to do a soft trim? Thanks for any help

If you could just come by our lawn one day and make everything look better that would be awesome ha ha

Is November too early to prune a crape myrtle if I'm keeping it as a small bush? All the leaves have dried and fallen off. I figured that it'll give it longer to heal for next year. 🌳

My wife and I just purchased our first Crape Myrtles. Two Tonto and two Coral Magic. This channel has been extremely helpful! Thank you for sharing all your knowledge! I do have a question: Our Tonto's were purchased already limbed up and in the shape of a tree. I do not see any seed pods forming. Should we expect blooms the first year being planted? I did purchase Furtilome 9-59-8 as suggested in one of your other videos. Hopefully that will help Edit: We are in the Fredericksburg area, so very close to your location to give you an idea of the climate its in

How come some crêpe myrtles grow & bloom faster then other? I have one & it’s July & no flowers & others I see have them already.

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