Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Question about Crepe Myrtles, 1 by Seedfork

Seedfork wrote:
I think there are bush type crape myrtles and tree type crape myrtles. However I have some fairly old ones that are tree type, but without pruning I think they would look like huge bushes. I have a couple I have rooted and planted and did not prune, they don't look like trees, they look like a large shrub. I have to keep the suckers pruned off and I have to keep the occasional lower growth trimmed. As the tree gets older I seem to have less and less lower growth that needs pruning.
The crape myrtle in the first picture and the one in the last picture are about the same age, one is a miniature with multicolored flowers the other is a large tree type. You can get them in different sizes: small, medium and large and of course bush types.


This message was edited Jul 18, 2013 5:35 PM