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My crepe myrtle
Posted: June 6th, 2017, 3:17 pm
by bonborn
Can anyone advise me where to take this little one design wise. I'd like it tall and slender with a wide sparse canopy.
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Re: My crepe myrtle
Posted: June 6th, 2017, 3:22 pm
by benbonsai
Windswept could look cool with that bend in the trunk
Re: My crepe myrtle
Posted: June 6th, 2017, 9:51 pm
by bonborn
Something to consider. Thanks Benbonsai.
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Re: My crepe myrtle
Posted: June 6th, 2017, 9:52 pm
by bonborn

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Re: My crepe myrtle
Posted: June 6th, 2017, 9:52 pm
by bonborn
Those above aren't mine but something to inspire to.
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Re: My crepe myrtle
Posted: June 7th, 2017, 9:00 am
by kcpoole
New growth just heads vertically so Wire the branches early as they get really brittle and shape them to suit.
Trim them back in late winter to generate backbudding and then rewire the new shoots loosely before set too hard.
Informal upright styles work well
Ken
Re: My crepe myrtle
Posted: June 15th, 2017, 12:16 pm
by bonborn
Thanks Ken.