Beginner Gardening: Planting Question, 1 by blippo

blippo wrote:
I received a bare root Crape Myrtle plant from mail order that is growing, bent at the trunk. I am going to keep it. But, I want to know the best way to plant it. To explain it, the trunk that comes up from the ground is straight, then a couple of inches higher the limb bends on an angle. I took some pictures of this. Should I plant this according to the angle of the growth or plant it so the bottom of the truck straight up and down, and let it curve like it is? Thanks. Here are two pictures. Picture 1