Black Diamond Best Red Crape Myrtle (Multi Trunk) – 3 Gallon Pot

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Flower Color:  Bright Red
Flowering Period:  Late Spring or Early Summer to Frost!

Flower Type:  Single flowers in rounded clusters

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Near Black, Maroon
Fall Foliage Color:  Black, Maroon

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Bark Color:  Light Brown

Attracts:  Visual Attention

Resistances:  Deer – more info, Disease, Moderate Drought, Heat

Growing to 10 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet or so wide, the Black Diamond Best Red Crape Myrtle is an ideal accent tree for smaller garden spaces, home foundation plantings and containers. Two can be used to frame an entryway. In larger landscape borders it can be planted in groupings or straight, curved or staggered rows. A fine addition to red or black theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  6 feet apart for a solid hedge; 12 feet or more apart for space between trees

The Black Diamond Best Red Crape Myrtle is very easy to grow. It is not picky about soil type provided the soil is well-drained. A moist but well-drained soil of average fertility is preferred. Full sun is preferred and results in heavier flower production. Light shade is tolerated but flowering will be diminished in more shade. Has shown excellent resistance to powdery mildew and is quite drought tolerant when established. Prune in late winter. How To Prune a Crape Myrtle Tree the Right Way