When is the best time of year to prune Crape Myrtle trees?
November 4, 2009 by Brian Brown
Filed under Q & A
Answer:
The best time to prune Crape Myrtles would be in late winter. You may see a lot of people doing it before them but don’t let peer pressure from others get to you. If you prune them too early, we may get a warming trend to where they would start putting out new growth. This new growth would be highly susceptible to cold damage and could cause damage to the entire tree. For more information on how to prune Crape Myrtles, we have a great article on our website and here is the link: http://verdego.com/08/stop-crape-murder/
My Roebelenii Palm was hit by the cold & has 2 trunks with no new growth, what should I do?
November 3, 2009 by Brian Brown
Filed under Q & A
Answer:
When pruning palms you should really only prune off the fronds that completely brown. If they have any green still left in them, they are still pulling nutrients from that frond. A lot of people’s Roebelenii palms got hit pretty hard by last years winter. If you have trunks that don’t have any new growth coming out of them (and haven’t had any new growth coming out of them for awhile) the trunks are more than likely dead. You can take a saw/chainsaw and cut those trunks off and be left with a single trunk Roebelenii, or replace the palm.
Hopefully this year’s winter isn’t as bad as lasts.
