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Old October 8, 2014   #11
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Originally Posted by newgardener_tx View Post
Ha, Glad to see your post. I was planning to do the pruning this winter just because all the crape trees were pruned in the way in your pics in my neighborhood! I don't know why. I have the tendency just to be a copycat. I have a purple tree and pink tree. They are beautiful and care-free.
Your welcome.
If you didn't know it an oleander and a pomegranate can be pruned so they can be a tree also.

Just keep cutting off the suckers and leave one to two trunks growing.
After the canopy gets to the desired height you can keep it pruned this way.
They dont have to be an unruly bush with many suckers as we all see.

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