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Would need a microscope and a frozen flower to ID the species. Dunno if they've made a 'shrub' Crepe Myrtle on purpose. Crepe Myrtle has one of the loveliest forms of small trees, Vase shaped, sometimes multi trunked, perfectly sized patio tree with an explosion of color that takes your breath away. I know you Texans take it for granted, grins!
3. Many magnolia species and crepe myrtles naturally branch from ground level, growing as large shrubs/small trees. If that's their natural growth habit, resistance is futile, the plants will continue trying to put out growth from the ground level indefinitely. If that's worth the effort for you, go ahead. For a more natural look, allow several ...
I was going to the beach last weekend and my mother noticed some Crepe Myrtles with an interesting shape. They almost had an umbrella shape. There were the ubiquitous multiple trunks, but the tops were almost symmetrically even domes. Almost like umbrellas. There was even an inverted bowl shape underneath, because the branches were hanging down.
Inevitably, cut limbs will produce new shoots, more so if the pruning is carried out before July in the northern hemisphere - the only thing you can do is check the tree frequently and rub out any small buds of growth before they break into growth, or cut off new growth as it appears. edited May 20, 2017 at 12:46.
We have several shrubs/bushes around our house (front back left and right) and they all have this same common issue.
There is a small tree (about 2 meters tall, maybe a bit more) at the front of my house that has become a wasp magnet in the last few weeks. I have seen at least 2 kinds of wasps hanging in there, and
Lastly, keeping all of that in mind, sometimes something just has to go. For instance, we have one crepe myrtle that was planted from a 3gal pot. I've been pruning it this way one a year for 7-8 years now. It's currently about 9' tall, has several trunks and has just started to get the smooth pretty bark in the last year or two.
Whilst it was once considered essential to paint wounds on trees with a protective/preventive treatment (Arbrex, for instance), this practice has long since fallen out of favour - turns out it often caused more trouble than leaving the sites untreated.
3 Answers. I'm afraid only time will tell - generally, its never a good idea to cut through any roots from a tree, though a little disturbance of fine (less than half the thickness of a pencil) roots in a single area doesn't usually cause too much trouble. However, that is not what you're describing at all - it appears you have cut through some ...
The above list of small trees comes from, Recommended - Small Tree List, via Seattle Department of Transportation - Street Tree Planting Procedures. Direct link to PDF: Small Tree List You may also wish to try the below options for further small tree recommendations that meet your specific criteria and some useful tree related information to ...