crape myrtle

My crape myrtle trunk has huge round cancer looking knots all up the trunk. Is it dying? It’s been ok till now and it’s getting lichens. What can I do to help it survive?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 11/21/2016 @ 12:41 pm

Your tree is likely effected with a bacterial canker.
Here is some information to help you.

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