"Texas Twang" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 03:49:25 -0500, Katra
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In article ,
"Jay Casey" wrote:

I pruned my Crape Myrtles.
I noticed that Crape Myrtles in my neighborhood that were not pruned

It's Crepe Myrtle, and as far as I've seen, branch pruning seems to have
nothing to do with flowering, but it has everything in the world to do
with shape and size. :-) Pod pruning OTHO:


"Crape" is an acceptable spelling.

You are correct. Crape Myrtle or Crepe Myrtle are both commonly used.

The actual correct spelling is Lagerstroemia.