Black Diamond Best Red Crape Myrtle (Single Trunk Tree) – 7 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, this single-trunk tree form Black Diamond Best Red Crape Myrtle is an ideal accent tree for smaller garden spaces, landscape borders, home foundation plantings and containers. Two can be used to accentuate an entryway or plant a row to line a drive or border. A fine addition to red theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  Best as specimen or two to accentuate an entry though can be planted in spaced groupings or rows to line a drive or landscape border.

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