Pruning your crepe myrtle into a multi-trunked or single-trunked tree enhances its autumn and winter interest by highlighting the plant's structure and multi-colored bark.

Urban forestry extension agent Larry Figart has advice for pruning trees in Northeast Florida, including some tips for properly maintaining crape myrtles.

How much to prune: Properly prune your crape myrtle by removing 25% of the crown, and no more than 30%, Moorman said. Anything over 30% is considered over-pruning.

Proper crape (or crepe) myrtle pruning How much to prune: Properly prune your crape myrtle by removing 25% of the crown, and no more than 30%, Moorman said.

While this type of pruning usually does not kill the crape myrtle tree, it is seen as extreme and unnecessary. There are many crape myrtle varieties each maturing at different heights.

There are mixed opinions about how and when to prune a crepe myrtle. We talked to a gardening expert to get tips and tricks for pruning this popular tree.

While the benefits of crape myrtle topping cannot be found, the harm it does to trees is well known. The heavy pruning disfigures the profile to where the tree no longer looks like a tree.

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