Agree to disagree! The ones in my neighborhood are all well over 17 years old and do fine after each and every trimming. The only one that is a problem is the sole one that hasn’t been done in years! It is now too tall to trim without a ladder/truck and is actually growing into my neighbor’s house. I have two and trim them after all of the leaves have fallen. If I let them get too tall, I will lose all sight of my street while losing the low foliage that provides porch privacy. Your “crepe murder” comment is misguided at best.
Late January or February.
You don’t. It’s called “Crepe Murder” for a reason.
The difference is in the pruning. You have to prune the crepe myrtle to have a single main stem to become a tree. If it has several main stems, it becomes a bush.
The domain for a crepe myrtle, as a plant, is Eukaryota.
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My crepe myrtle died this year. It would have been at least 50 years old.
Everyone who wants to know this you all suck!
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No, crepe myrtle is not toxic to horses. However, if a horse eats too much it can cause mild gastrointestinal upset.
Not sure about that... I am sure the goats are toxic to the crepe myrtles if you give them the chance...
They are Bark Lice
As close as you like.
Originally from Asia, Crepe Myrtle (aka Crape Myrtle) was brought to to England and the United States in the eighteenth century and is now grown in warm climates around the world. In the US it is found as far north as Massachusetts.