transplanting crape myrtle plants growing from a root

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sojournertoo Granbury, TX Oct 11, 2010

The county did some ditch work along the road where we have large mature crape myrtles. Many small plants have grown from the injured roots. I want to dig them up and plant them elsewhere, but wonder if there is any way to stop the roots from just sending up more shoots. If I put more dirt over the roots where it was graded off, will that work? What if I put some of that root kill stuff like you put on tree stumps where I cut the new plant off fromt the parent's root? Would that kill the whole adult crape myrtle, or would it just kill back some roots a little ways and prevent more shoots?

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