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As the summer passes through July and August, you may want to trim off dead flowers.
} Pruning Crape Myrtles in Georgia that are in the tree form make great accent plants. They have a very attractive trunk once the smaller branches are removed. To create the tree shaped Crape Myrtle, select three to five trunks that are growing from the ground. Remove the. Oct 22, Avoid heavy pruning during fall because this will make the tree more vulnerable to winter damage, and it also means the tree will look unattractive through winter.
Pruning to Encourage Blooming Some gardeners suggest that a crepe myrtle should be pruned after flowering to. May 26, Crape myrtle flowers on new growth of the season, so if you choose to prune, do so in the dormant season, i.e. later winter to early spring before growth resumes. Avoid pruning in early fall before the first frost, because pruning forces new growth and keeps the plant from going dormant.
As the new growth pushed in the spring, the seedheads fall off.
Crepe Myrtle Maintenance These small trees are beautiful if taken care of properly. Every fall they need to be pruned back to the proper height so that in spring they can grow and stumplopping.clubted Reading Time: 1 min. Jun 14, With a formal style, when you prune crepe myrtle trees, you are pruning for outward shape rather than inner openness. Formal style pruning is also thought to encourage additional blooming since it forces the tree to grow more new wood, which is where blossoms are stumplopping.clubted Reading Time: 2 mins.