The invention discloses a method for grafting crape myrtle through cleft grafting. The method comprises the specific steps of selecting a bud branch of previous year for scion, wherein the branch is 6-10mm thick; cutting two sides of the bud branch into 3-5cm long sector surface, keeping the thickness of 3-4mm, sharpening the lower end of the bud branch, reserving 2-3 buds of the bud branch, keeping top buds at same side of the sector arc, and cutting the upper end section flat by a knife; vertically splitting a stock from the fracture surface with a cleft grafting knife, wherein the length of the breach is slightly longer than the sliced surface of the bud branch after the scion; aligning the bud branch after the scion to the skin layer of the stock and inserting so as to be in butt joint with the cambium of the two sides, then sealing two ends of a grafting part with wet wanan kaolin with the humidity of 55-65%, and tightening by a plastic membrane, wherein the wanan kaolin comprises following components by weight percent: 48.00-72.55% of SiO2, 17.82-41.01% of Al2O3, 1.87-3.69% of K2O, 0.08-0.71% of Na2O, 0.69-1.31% of CaO, 0.10-2.37% of MgO, and 0.91-4.34% of Fe2O3; removing germinating buds on the trunk timely, and 20 days later after grafting, checking the survival rate; and removing the plastic membrane when the scion bud grows 4-5cm long. The method can improve the ornamental value of the crape myrtle, accelerates the healing, and increase the survival rate.