Ahhhh, The Crape Myrtle, a staple in most any southern landscape. The tree that is adored by many but is often misunderstood. You see somewhere along the way someone decided that to prune this beauty you must give it a military style “flat top”. Literally chopping it’s trunks off straight across and calling it well done. WHY? I will NEVER understand.
So I want to share with you some examples of this tragedy and explain why its not a good idea as well as the qualities of a normal crape myrtle. The why behind the pruning. It is my hope that we can stop this senseless improper pruning technique and get back to having gorgeous Crapes in our landscapes once again 🙂
Thank you so much for watching, I hope you enjoy and will share your thoughts below.
Have a fantastic day,
Kim, The Southern Daisy
Zone 7B, North Carolina
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➡️ How To Properly Prune A Crape Myrtle – https://youtu.be/tHmuajcmTdg
➡️ The Do’s & Do Not’s Of Pruning Crape Myrtles – https://youtu.be/11vu8hzzb2Y
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10 Comments
"Crape Murder" is what long time Georgia gardening expert and author Walter Reeves calls the topping pruning method on crape myrtles. Makes me want to cry when I see it done!
Good nice
I had to work so hard not to use that word while creating this video. That’s the term for this but didn’t want the video to be removed lol. You never know these days. Hurts my heart so bad too. 😢
I moved to North Carolina a few years ago and love the crape myrtle. I see the badly cut crapes all over and ask myself why?
Very interesting, thanks for the video! 👍
Very helpful. I hope people listen. The other pruning that really is awful is pruning azaleas like hedges. The lawn men cut off many of the flower buds and the bushes end up with splotches of color and bare areas.
I wish I had watched this today before I cut mine because I just murdered two trees.
Crape Murder
I love these trees! I had three planted last spring. Thank you. You seem so sweet and I enjoyed this video
Do you have an email where I can email you pictures of mine and you can help me with what to do with them? They’re roughly 15 years old and have not been taken care of.