Cut off suckers from the bottom, rubbing and cross growing branches and branches growing inward.

How to prune crepe myrtles into trees. This crape myrtle is in need of pruning. Paul thompson, ©2015, clemson extension. To prune crepe myrtle, rogers says to start with a pair of sharp pruning shears that you’ve wiped down with rubbing alcohol, rinsed and dried.

Of course, you should only attempt this if you have a good quality ladder that’s at least 12 feet tall. This includes removing suckers coming out of. In recent years, the indian summer range of crepe myrtles has been released, offering a fabulous range of brilliant colours and excellent.

With proper pruning, any of our beautiful sizes and varieties can become a single stem plant. He offers these tips on how to. A natural style of pruning will mostly address the limbs within the tree that may be keeping your crepe myrtle tree from putting on the best show it can.

This will encourage new growth and promote better flowering. Cut more than that and it may result in a stressed tree pushing out a lot of new growth,’ says dean dietrich. The first method is called heading back.

The same tree after pruning. Cut off any unwanted suckers growing out of the roots or the base of the tree. Trim crepe myrtles just once or twice a year, and only remove parts of the tree that could get in the way of the tree’s healthy growth.

The first thing you can do is try to prune the crape myrtle yourself. This involves cutting back the tips of each branch. I know many of you have crepe myrtle trees and want to care for them as well as you can.