Airlayering Crepe Myrtle

Jase1972

Has anyone out there successfully air-layered Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica). I have a street tree outside my house that has branches that could make dozens of great trees. Info such as method used, season, time taken etc. would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jase1972

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stephentoddpope

go to the faq on the main page, and look down to propogation, and look for air layering, it is general, but will work with most species

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KZitzewitz

I have the same tree you have. I am not sure how well it will air layer, however, when I first bought the tree it was soooooo rootbound there was no soil for it anymore, roots had come through the bottom holes, and I was just a beginer.... What did I do, I cut off approximatly 9/10ths of the roots the day I got it. It was transplanted into regular dirt (to be redone in 50 50 turface and orchid bark this spring) and it is growing well. This tells us one thing, this tree grows like mad. I would take basic air layering techniques and apply them to some of the okay, but not good branches, and test it out, if it works, then do some others, and since it is an actuall tree, you should have less worries about it dieing...

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