Ian wrote:
Can anyone tell me how vigourous are the roots
of the Crepe Myrtle?
Have one in the garden close to the house.(20 yrs)
Never let it get much higher than the eaves.
Brutally cut it back some years.
Now the wife wants to rip it out because she is
worried about the roots damaging the house.

Any thoughts appreciated ..Ian


I've never known crepe myrtle roots to damage anything, but we were
still pulling up suckers ten years after cutting out crepe myrtles.
They're pretty hard to get rid of, IMHO, and you absolutely must get
every skerrick of root out if you don't want to be revisited later.

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Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia