Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Question about Crepe Myrtles, 0 by butterflysmiles

butterflysmiles wrote:
Thank you everyone for all the great information (especially about the suckers)! We purchased our CM in June of last year and it has more than doubled in size. I had asked the question about the bare bottom third because ours (pictured below) is really full at the bottom and I didn't know if it is supposed to be trimmed. If I remember correctly it is supposed to get to about 12' and I think it may look pretty if the bottom was trimmed. Will it injure the CM to trim all bottom branches off? And when would be the best time to do the trimming?