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Twilight Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

The guitarist was playing with lightning speed. Twilight Magic Crape Myrtle is a big plant – 16' tall and 8' wide. It commands attention in your garden, but not just from its grand size.
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Mature Height: 12 - 16 feet
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-VIII'
  • Brand: First Editions
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Ebony and Ivory Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

The eye-catching trees continue to enhance landscapes allowing gardeners everywhere to relish in their pure beauty. Ebony and Ivory Crape Myrtle blooms in early summer with pure white flowers.
Maryland
Bowie
Pink Velour Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 GAL

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. We highly recommend that you mulch your Pink Velour Crape Myrtle with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.
Maryland
Bowie
Plum Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. It forms a rounded shrub, with a dense, full shape. Each was thoroughly tested for disease resistance, length of bloom, and cold hardiness in Washington, DC (USDA...
Maryland
Bowie
Black Diamond Purely Purpletm Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

Your neighbors will be falling all over themselves to ask you about your beautiful hedge. ‘Purely Purple' will thrill lining a fence or driveway if you let it grow to its full height of 12 feet.
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia BLACK DIAMOND 'Purely Purple'
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
  • Flower Color: Vibrant Purple
  • Brand: Black Diamond
Nebraska
Omaha
Black Diamond Blushtm Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

The blushing-pink blooms float against the black foliage. It makes a gorgeous 3 foot flowering hedge, especially in the south. Order yours today. Blush makes a fantastic statement wherever you put it in your landscape.
  • Brand: Black Diamond
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia Black Diamond 'Blush'
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Foliage: Black
Nebraska
Omaha
Black Diamond Shell Pinktm Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

The leaves transform from spring green into nice fall colors in the autumn. This is a great 3-season shrub. Shell Pink Magic resists powdery mildew and is drought tolerant once it is established.
  • Mature Height: 10 to 12 feet
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia BLACK DIAMOND 'Shell Pink'
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
Nebraska
Omaha
Pink Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

Brilliant Summer Color The Pink Crape Myrtle is a deciduous tree that provides brilliant color all summer long. It won't give you any trouble if you chose to prune it to a small shape, and it's drought tolerant and quite hardy.
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 8 feet
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Foliage: Green
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Fall Color: Yellow
Nebraska
Omaha
Purple Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

Even the leaves start out as a charming bronze in the spring. They then transition into a verdant green that endures throughout the summer months. When fall arrives your Myrtle will once again immerse itself in color as its leaves transform into brilliant...
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 8 feet
  • Flower Color: Purple
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Foliage: Green
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Mature Height: 10 - 20 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Plum Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

It looks amazing massed in large beds under trees. Try it in a perennial border or as a nice foil to evergreen plantings. The beautiful flowers and a splash of color wherever they are.
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Plum Magic'
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
  • Foliage: Plum Purple to Dark Green
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
Nebraska
Omaha
Sioux Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

Lagerstroemia sioux crape myrtle is a perfect size for any garden. The sloughing bark peels from dark brown to beige giving the trunks a marbled look. It is tolerant of almost any soil type and flourishes where other flowering shrubs won't.
  • Moisture: Well-drained
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Mature Spread: 8 - 10 feet
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica x faueri 'Sioux'
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Nebraska
Omaha
Black Diamond Pure Whitetm Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

Black Diamond ‘Pure White' Crape Myrtle is a new shrub with beautiful black foliage that highlights bright white ruffled blooms that keep coming from spring to fall. The deep colored, almost black foliage is a perfect complement to the snow white blooms.
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia BLACK DIAMOND 'Pure White'
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Flower Color: White
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
  • Growth Rate: Medium
Nebraska
Omaha
Black Diamond Crimson Redtm Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

One place that hasn't been able to embrace this stunning color couple is the garden world…until now. Grown to its full height of 12 feet or pruned hard every winter into a 3 foot hedge, ‘Crimson Red' will be traffic-stopping on your street.
  • Flower Color: Crimson Red
  • Brand: Black Diamond
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
  • Foliage: Dark
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
Nebraska
Omaha
Ruffled Red Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

Look no further than Ruffled Red Magic crepe myrtle. When the flower show stops in late summer the leaves take over by turning a deep orange-red in the fall. Like others in the Magic series of crepes myrtles, Ruffled Red reblooms in late summer if the...
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Flower Color: Red
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-VII'
  • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
  • Foliage: Dark Green
Nebraska
Omaha
Purple Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

They are also highly resistant to leaf spot and powdery mildew, so they don't require a lot of fuss. This lovely new introduction blooms in early summer with dark purple flowers on a dense shrub that fits in the garden where taller crape myrtles do not.

6 - 10 feet

    • Brand: First Editions
    • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
    • Foliage: Glossy Green
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Natchez Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    It has unusually large, beautiful white blooms in comparison to the standard White Crape Myrtle! Like the standard White Crape Myrtle, the Natchez Crape Myrtle is sought after for its beauty and low maintenance, as well as the long bloom period (from...
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Mature Height: 20 - 30 feet
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei 'Natchez'
    • Growth Rate: Fast
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Coral Magic Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    First Edition Plants has introduced an exciting new form of crepe myrtle – the Magic Series. These healthy growers can reach 6 – 10 feet tall and wide, so plant them in a place with room to grow.
    • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
    • Foliage: Red and Green
    • Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Coral Magic'
    • Flower Color: Coral
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Black Diamond Mystic Magentatm Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    The magenta-pink blooms really stand out against the black foliage. Leaves start off spring green but mature into a nice orange-red in the fall. This easy, low-maintenance beauty will add the perfect touch of color and mystery to your garden, wherever...
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Foliage: Black
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Flower Color: Magenta
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia Black Diamond 'Mystic Magenta'
    • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Acoma Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    The flowers come on strong in mid-summer and last to fall. As the tree ages the bark gets a gorgeous “peeling” look to it, making it very interesting all winter. Nature Hills has the best Acoma Crape Myrtle's for sale, but they're so popular they...
    • Flower Color: White
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Mature Height: 6 - 7 feet
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica x faueri 'Acoma'
    • Moisture: Well-drained
    • Foliage: green
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Midnight Magic Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    When you plant it. Just give it full sun and plenty of water. Once it is established it will reward you with years of carefree blooms. This is a great replacement for purple leaf plums in places where the plums are completely defoliated by August.
    • Soil Type: Well-drained
    • Flower Color: Dark Pink
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Foliage: Purple Maroon
    • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
    • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Black Diamond Best Redtm Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    If you're looking for easy-care drama in your own garden, then you need to order some Black Diamond ‘Best Red' crape myrtles today. Let it grow to its full height of 10 feet or prune it hard every winter and let it be a unique 3 foot hedge.
    • Flower Color: Red
    • Mature Spread: 8 feet
    • Brand: Black Diamond
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
    • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Zuni Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    The leaves will change to a dramatic orange to red-maroon color in the fall, giving extended beauty into the autumn months. It grows from 8 to 10 feet tall and has a 7 to 9 feet spread with a rounded top.
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Flower Color: Violet
    • Mature Spread: 7 - 9 feet
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei 'Zuni'
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Mature Height: 8 - 10 feet
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Pink Velour Crape Myrtle Tree Form
    Prices start at : 79.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    The Pink Velour Crape Myrtle is ideally suited for formal or informal design in the home landscape, street plantings and community plantings. Unique Semi-dwarf Crape Myrtle with Vibrant Pink Flowers! The Pink Velour Crape Myrtle PP10319 (Lagerstroemia...
    • Fall Color: Orange
    • Foliage: Purple to Green
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia PINK VELOUR 'Whit III'
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Purple Magic Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

    The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. It forms a rounded shrub, with a dense, full shape. Each was thoroughly tested for disease resistance, length of bloom, and cold hardiness in Washington, DC (USDA...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Coral Magic Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

    That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. Small enough for a large containers on the patio. Each was thoroughly tested for disease resistance, length of bloom, and cold hardiness in Washington,...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Moonlight Magic Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

    , Blooming in early summer with pure white flowers. The best decision about the size of your crape myrtle is made when you buy it. Don't over prune in the beginning – make the basic cuts and then allow the plant to grow, and continue shaping over time.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 pcs

    No matter where you plant them! Perfect for barren areas or trouble spots - these crapes can grow just about anywhere. Or along streets. Tuscarora Crape Myrtles give you vibrant color in almost all growing conditions.
    • Mature Width: 10-20 ft.
    • Growth Rate: Fast
    • Drought Tolerance: Good
    • Sunlight: Full Sun
    South Carolina
    Fort Mill