KINGSLAYER
Sapling
First I've never dug up a tree. This crepe myrtle is in my backyard. It pretty tall. How difficult would it be to dig up? Should I cut it down first and wait a year to dig?
Want to dig up this crepe myrtle
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Poink88
Imperial Masterpiece
Chop low and dig now. No prep needed, they are very tough as long as they didn't just leaf out. I treat mine almost like I do olive. 
bwaynef
Masterpiece
I've found that a sawzall 10-12" out from the rootball works amazingly well at getting these out of the ground. The only ones I've lost were because I flat-cut the bottoms while misjudging how many feeder roots were left. (I was aggressive because I had too many of these already.)
With this one so small, a sawzall may not be necessary. I would wait to chop it until after you've got it out of the ground in case you need the leverage.
With this one so small, a sawzall may not be necessary. I would wait to chop it until after you've got it out of the ground in case you need the leverage.
jk_lewis
Masterpiece
What do you see in that that make you think of it as a bonsai?
And vertical pictures always help.
And vertical pictures always help.
KINGSLAYER
Sapling
Poink88
Imperial Masterpiece
FYI, I bought one recently just like that. It is a good project tree.
You can see it at the bottom layer here (right or middle tree).
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