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Originally Posted by Irishmen
If you don't cut back crepe myrtles, what will the tree look like in the summer? The wife calls cutting back crepe murder.
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If you shop at Publix off 466, their parking lot is lined with Myrtles that have never, ever been cut back. They are beautiful sturdy trees with a spreading form and every year they are covered in blossom and bloom for several months. The Villages does not practice crape murder!
If you shop WalMart off 466 their parking lot is lined with Myrtles that are butchered every fall. Their trees are usually one trunk with a bushy matted top and that's what crape murder does to this beautiful tree.
I was told quite recently that Lady Lake is passing an ordinance to stop crape murder, but I have not looked into it to know whether this is just hearsay or truth.