In my youth in the South, the family house had a crepe myrtle in the back yard which had been allowed to mature un-accosted. It had grown into a wonderful 25ft tree with three main trunks. Every year it flowered wonderfully. It did take periodic trimming of the "water-sprouts" that persistently came up at the base. I always wondered by people would force the trees to only grow as shrubs by the heavy pruning methods.
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