Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Aug 10, 2018 2:22 pm I'm in Adelaide and have 2 Sioux Crepe Myrtles that have been in the ground for almost 2 years. They were advanced plants when planted but they haven't really filled out as I'd hoped. I was after a "standard" look akin to this - https://www.houzz.com.au/photo/6612668- ... -francisco What I currently have is - Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Trouble is there's been zero new growth from the main trunk in the past 2 years so I assume there isn't going to be any. It makes the trees very sparse and nothing like the look I'm after. I'm considering doing something dramatic to force growth at the height I'd like by lopping/topping the main trunk just above the lowest branch. I'll lose the tall slender look but I'm hoping the tree takes off from that point. I know this type of pruning is called Crepe Murder but in their current form they are pretty underwhelming specimens anyway. Any thoughts or advice? Re: Crepe Myrtle advice 2Aug 11, 2018 3:13 pm kirk I'm in Adelaide and have 2 Sioux Crepe Myrtles that have been in the ground for almost 2 years. They were advanced plants when planted but they haven't really filled out as I'd hoped. I was after a "standard" look akin to this - https://www.houzz.com.au/photo/6612668- ... -francisco What I currently have is - Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Trouble is there's been zero new growth from the main trunk in the past 2 years so I assume there isn't going to be any. It makes the trees very sparse and nothing like the look I'm after. I'm considering doing something dramatic to force growth at the height I'd like by lopping/topping the main trunk just above the lowest branch. I'll lose the tall slender look but I'm hoping the tree takes off from that point. I know this type of pruning is called Crepe Murder but in their current form they are pretty underwhelming specimens anyway. Any thoughts or advice? I grow these for a living in my nursery. You should do a yearly prune taking off 1/3. You will get more growth and more flowers from new growth. You can also give a harder prune occasionally Re: Crepe Myrtle advice 3Aug 11, 2018 5:04 pm Thanks. I'm going to go the hard prune route tomorrow and lop off half the main trunk so that I can reset and hopefully get some growth outward so it looks more like a "standard" rather than a stick with some branches. Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 18222 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6917 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7014 |