Crape Myrtle

I have 2 crape myrtles in our garden. They grew quite tall in the summer, although I pruned them before the new growing season. Maybe I didn’t prune them low enough. When should they be pruned and how low should I prune them?

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#1 Comment By Alisma On 01/06/2017 @ 4:16 pm

I am not sure why yours would have grown so tall, unless it is producing suckers after being topped:
http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/trees/hgic1009.html ^[1]

Also, excessive nitrogen fertilizer can cause trees to grow too fast.

Here are some guides to pruning crape myrtles:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/crepe-myrtle/pruning-crepe-myrtle-trees.htm ^[2]
https://pender.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/02/how-do-i-prune-crape-myrtle/ ^[3]
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep399 ^[4]

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[1] http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/trees/hgic1009.html: http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/trees/hgic1009.html

[2] https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/crepe-myrtle/pruning-crepe-myrtle-trees.htm: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/crepe-myrtle/pruning-crepe-myrtle-trees.htm

[3] https://pender.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/02/how-do-i-prune-crape-myrtle/: https://pender.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/02/how-do-i-prune-crape-myrtle/

[4] http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep399: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep399

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