How to Propagate Crape Myrtles from Cuttings

Crape myrtles can make an excellent tree in your southern garden. Crape myrtles are very easy to propagate too! Here's a little info on how to take cuttings for rooting crape myrtle. Summer is the ideal time to make a few extra crape myrtles from the one's in your garden.

For more details on propagating crape myrtles you can check out this post on my website:
growingthehomegarden.com/2008/06/crape-myrtle-p…

While I don't have a video update on these specific cuttings there are some others I did in this video here: youtu.be/8qa2FJiU9Ow along with some other plant propagation updates.

Here is a short video showing a crape myrtle cutting that I just rooted (2025): youtube.com/shorts/8VPcm_KySaA?si=o6XqSiVorZ4xz…

More in depth results from the above crape myrtle cuttings that rooted:
youtu.be/gXKnXVaebz0

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