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Proper crape (or crepe) myrtle pruning. How much to prune: Properly prune your crape myrtle by removing 25% of the crown, and no more than 30%, Moorman said.Anything over 30% is considered over ...
1. Cut back crape myrtle in the late winter. Crape myrtle blooms on new growth, so the best time to cut back these trees is in late winter, before new growth has sprouted. January through March is ...
The crape myrtle is a fast growing tree that can be affected by mildew and aphids.
Lagerstroemia subcostata, the Taiwan crepe myrtle, is a deciduous tree native to Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and southern China, and introduced to the Philippines. [ 2 ]
Lagerstroemia indica, commonly known as a crape myrtle (also crepe myrtle, crêpe myrtle, or crepeflower [1]), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Lagerstroemia of the family Lythraceae. It originated in China. [2] It is an often multi-stemmed, deciduous tree with a wide spreading, flat topped, rounded, or even spike shaped open habit ...
Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub, [3] reaching up to 14 metres (46 ft) tall. [4] It is adaptable to many habitats, growing naturally in wetlands, near rivers and streams, sand dunes, fields, hillsides, pine barrens, and in both coniferous and mixed-broadleaf forests.
Outbreaks of crape myrtle bark scale are being seen across the Metroplex. To get rid of the sooty mold we must remove or prevent the honeydew. To avoid the honeydew, the best thing is to prevent ...
It is a medium-sized tree growing up to a height between 10 and 20 m (35 and 65 ft). Like other species of the same genus, it is quite common as a decorative tree in the parks of Thailand owing to its beautiful bunches of pink flowers. [ 2 ]