You don’t need to do this. If properly pruned, crape myrtles will form a canopy over the sidewalk that doesn’t interfere with pedestrians and actually provides shade; if topped like the picture, they will form an unruly mass of growth right at head height.
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JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I don’t like aggressive pruning but it’s not done while they’re in bloom. Mine is taking over the sidewalk so I need to do this, but it’s also not flowering or even has leaves at the moment.
a1tsca13@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I don’t print like this.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t matter when it’s done. It’s bad for the tree.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Not saying it’s bad or not, it’s just a bad comparison. It’s implying it looks like crap, but the alternative is not what’s on the left. The alternative is what’s on the left with no blooms or leaves.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
OK I guess. It takes a while for them to recover from this though.