On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:26:47 +0000 (UTC), enigma
wrote:

can you just keep them mowed? the roots will eventually die &
stop sending up the shoots.
lee

I really hope so, but even then part of them are coming up inside the
flowerbed and the crepe myrtle is more tolerant of herbicides than
many plants and accepts pruning better than most and it looks like a
rest of my life type job keeping the shoots down at best. I was
hoping someone here knew an easier way.
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