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Anybody transplanted a crepe myrtle "sucker"
Posted on 6/9/23 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 6/9/23 at 2:42 pm
My MIL has a crepe myrtle at her house that I would like to transplant a piece of at my own house. After some googling it looks like crepe myrtles will sometimes produce small sprouts at the base of the plant called "suckers". Apparently, you can dig these up by the root and transplant.
Anybody on here done this and had success?
Anybody on here done this and had success?
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Posted on 6/9/23 at 3:46 pm to Bronson2017
I did it one time. it's now 20' tall.
Posted on 6/10/23 at 12:29 am to Bronson2017
Yup, using that method, I have 2 in my front yard that look a little something like this here:
Posted on 6/10/23 at 7:41 am to Bronson2017
Crepe Myrtles need very little root material (if any). They literally grow in cracks in my cement
Posted on 6/10/23 at 8:31 am to Bronson2017
I have done it successfully several times.
Posted on 6/10/23 at 12:06 pm to Craw Dawg
So how?
Just angled fresh cut stuck in dirt?
Just angled fresh cut stuck in dirt?
Posted on 6/10/23 at 3:02 pm to Klondikekajun
It works with cuttings off the end of a branch too.
Just strip off the leaves a few inches from the cut end and stick it in a garden and water it
Just strip off the leaves a few inches from the cut end and stick it in a garden and water it
Posted on 6/11/23 at 11:08 am to Bronson2017
I've planted crepe myrtle suckers numerous times successfully.
Consistent wih what you stated, I always dug them with whatever roots I could easily manage to retain on the suckers.
Also, FWIW, I usually planted them at a depth of about 12 to 18 inches in the ground and within a time frame beginning around the onset of the fall and ending around late winter.
Consistent wih what you stated, I always dug them with whatever roots I could easily manage to retain on the suckers.
Also, FWIW, I usually planted them at a depth of about 12 to 18 inches in the ground and within a time frame beginning around the onset of the fall and ending around late winter.
This post was edited on 6/11/23 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 6/11/23 at 11:36 am to Bronson2017
This one will get planted in the yard this fall. It’s a sucker from a huge crepe myrtle that Ida got
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