The summer-blooming favorite of Southern yards, loved and often over-pruned. Less is more.
Crape myrtles brighten the summer with long-lasting flowers in pink, red, lavender and white, and they have beautiful peeling bark in winter. They are tough, but they are also among the most abused trees in the South, cut back hard every year to knuckles.
Healthy crape myrtles need a modest hand: remove suckers, dead wood and crossing branches, thin gently and let the tree reach its natural size. If your tree has outgrown its space, the answer is usually a different variety, not a harder cut. A Certified Arborist can also help with problems like bark scale and powdery mildew.
Weeks of color when little else blooms.
Elegant structure when left alone.
Topping weakens branches and removes beauty.
A common pest that causes black mold.
Light thinning and sucker removal.
The right time for gentle work.
Check tree risk, plan a removal or ballpark the cost.
Tree Risk CheckerCheck off what you see on the trunk, roots and crown and what is below the tree, and get a plain-language risk level.Try it 
Tree Removal PlannerEnter height, trunk size and access, and see the likely method, equipment, crew and time for a removal.Try it 
Tree Service Cost EstimatorPick a service, a tree size and a few options and get a ballpark planning range.Try it No. It is harmful and unnecessary. Light pruning is enough.
Sooty mold, often from bark scale. We identify and treat it.
Often. We select new leaders and thin over a few seasons.
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