Driving around town, I am noticing everyone trimming their crepe myrtle trees. The correct time of the year to prune is during January and February. My pet peeve---the BUTCHERS that insist upon cutting their trees back WAY TOO FAR! If you see one of these trees trimmed and you note a gnarled knee like growth on the tree, it has been trimmed back too far. The correct way to trim the trees is noted above. This will help make a nice tree that has fanned out, not grown tall and spindly from no trimming, nor like a bush from trimming too far back. HAPPY TRIMMING!
2 comments:
Thinking I may have cut mine right last year:)! Haven't done it yet this year. Can you skip a year?
We need help with ours...although I think it is so big it is beyond help. When we moved in 20 years ago they were already pretty big!
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