myrtle

Ok, so I have a basic horticultural question. It does apply to one of my recent collections of a Crape Myrtle. I took out a CM from my yard and have cut the rootball into 4 sections. They are currently wired in planter boxes and it’s just a waiting game now for buds to start popping. However...

Hello all, Zone 8a. I am getting new landscaping put in and in an attempt to beat the landscapers, I dug out one of four, 25’ Crape Myrtles in my front yard. I have the option of getting all 4 obviously but I don’t think I have the time (or energy) for all of them before work is started next...

Does anyone on this page have any experience with common myrtle as bonsai? I've been thinking of starting one and I wonder how far it tolerates being cut back and what precautions one ought to take. My only experience in bonsai has been with a schefflera, with my background in gardening and some...

Yea I may have overdone it this time... They all have a trunk of at least 1" which is not small for a dwarf myrtle. I don't have any pics yet but this is where I will put them.