Pollarded crape myrtles, National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
It's that time of year again, when southern homeowners and landscape crews look at crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia species and cultivars) with murder in their hearts. "Crape murder", as the brutal pruning of crape myrtles is often dubbed, is also becoming depressingly common here in Washington, DC with many mature, beautiful specimens being hacked to bits. Who on earth thinks this looks good? Who on earth thinks this is the right thing to do? Enough "professionals" do this that my biggest question is, who on earth is TRAINING people to do this?
