Crepe Myrtle axed to death

[jehsiboi]

So there are Crepe myrtles growing on the council land on my street. One has (had) large suckers a couple of years old growing out of the base of the tree very close to the curb making it hard for people to get out of the passenger side of any car parked in front of it. So I decided to go do the neighborly thing and perform a little pruning this morning, with my axe. They all came off pretty easily but with very minimal (none) feeder roots attached as they where groing off one of the main roots of the tree. My question is, is there any hope for these I cleaned the cut points up a little and have them in a bucket of water with rooting hormone in it wondering what to do next. If they live I'm planning to do a clump style planting.

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[Beano]

Yep. They don’t need roots. Just dip in rooting gel for hardwood cuttings, plant, water and otherwise forget about touching them for a year or two.


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[shibui]

There are more than enough roots on most of those for successful transplant. Many trees can actually survive with far fewer roots than most of us believe.
Plant them and see what happens.

[jehsiboi]

Do you think i should plant them directly into the clump formation or plant them separately then arrange them later.

[shibui]

I would plant separately for a start. They are hardy and have a good chance of surviving but it is likely that 1 or 2 may not make it. It would be a shame to put a nice clump together and have a key trunk fail.
If I'm short of space or pots I sometimes put several transplants into a single pot for the first year until I know which ones will survive.

[nozila]

Im going to keep an eye out on feeder roots/suckling from crepe myrtle from now on when Im in public