A Clemson Organic farming expert once laughed about this common saying in the The Carolinas. It’s true. These wonderful trees deserve the best treatment but don’t always get it.
The Spruce has details.
A crime spree happens every fall or early winter, and the perpetrators get away relatively free. We’re talking about “crepe murder,” the unofficial term for the crepe myrtle trees that fall victim to uninformed gardeners with tree loppers who cut the central leader branches.
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