Pruners Beware
The poster child for stupid pruning practices is the crepe myrtle. There is a common belief that crepe myrtles must be butchered each year. Many people cut them back by half or more on an annual basis. I could almost ... [... more]
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Manipulating Growth Rates
Another way to manipulate a plant's growth rate is by varying its exposure to the sun. If a particular crape myrtle can grow to 20 feet in full sun, it will probably stop short of that height if grown in partial ... [... more]
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Pruning Shrubs
Common landscape shrubs, like crape myrtle, yaupon holly, wax myrtle and wax-leaf privet are often pruned as tree forms (shrubs shaped like a tree with one or more main trunks). The best time to begin a tree form is ... [... more]
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