On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:29:57 GMT, "David J Bockman"
wrote:

CM's are notoriously late to leaf out in our area... anytime in early spring
will be fine.

Dave

"js148" wrote in message
news:seimb.109431$k74.51441@lakeread05...
Hi ... I just moved into a townhouse and the previous owners planted a
crepe
myrtle right next to the front door. I want to move it before it gets too
big and too old (the townhouse itself is only 2 1/2 years old so the plant
can't me very old). I'm in the Washington DC area so can anyone tell me
the
best time to transplant it? Is now okay? Should I wait until the spring?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

You can improve you chances of success by pruning the roots now.
Imagine the circle that represents teh edge of your futurte root ball.
divide it into sections (4, or 6, or 8). Use a sharp spade to cut
throught the edge of every other section (i.e., cut half the roots).
When you dig it up later, you'll have a head start toward transplant
recovery.

Though crapes are actually pretty good at recovering anyway, this
should help a bit to let teh plant adjust to teh move.

Keith
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