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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)

Make sure you plant this where it can be seen and enjoyed. When it is in bloom, though, it's breathtaking. The leaves and stems are an almost magical blend of green, plum and burgundy.
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Mature Height: 12 - 16 feet
  • Brand: First Editions
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-VIII'
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
Nebraska
Omaha
Crepe Murder Mystery
I pointed out the dried up birch and the green saplings.“You think the birch is spreading out and sending up new sprouts?” I asked.Exasperated, I sat on the ground and received another history lesson.
California
El Segundo
Black Diamond Purely Purpletm Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

‘Purely Purple' will thrill lining a fence or driveway if you let it grow to its full height of 12 feet. It makes quite the statement flanking a sunny door or strategically located as specimen plants around your patio.
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Foliage: Dark
  • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • 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)

Try it in a large container for an instant eye-catcher. It handles pruning like a champ and can be kept much shorter if you want. They are dainty ruffled beauties that cover the tree in soft drifts of color.
  • Brand: Black Diamond
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia Black Diamond 'Blush'
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Foliage: Black
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
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)

Plant it in a large container on the patio for an instant eye-catcher. This stunning garden plant will stand out wherever you put it in your landscape. The coral-pink blooms pop against the black foliage.
  • Mature Height: 10 to 12 feet
  • Brand: Black Diamond
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Pink Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

Plant one anywhere you'd enjoy an enduring splash of color. Crape Myrtle grows 10-20 feet in height with a 6-8 foot spread. Crape myrtle leaves are oval and 1 to 2 inches long; they are bronze-colored when they first unfold in the spring and become yellow,...
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 8 feet
  • Mature Height: 10 - 20 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • 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)

Beginning in early summer and continuing into the fall, your Crape Myrtle will dazzle you with its purple blossoms that appear in large clusters at the tips of its branches. Plant one in your ornamental bed or anywhere you'd enjoy enduring color.
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 8 feet
  • Flower Color: Purple
  • Foliage: Green
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica 'Purpurea'
  • Fall Color: Yellow
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
Nebraska
Omaha
Plum Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

It naturally grows into a rounded shrub with a nice full shape. This is a new form of crape myrtle. The leaves start off a plum-purple in spring and mature into a rich dark green by summertime.

6 - 10 feet

    • Brand: First Editions
    • Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
    • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Plum Magic'
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Sioux Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    As the flowers are fading the leaves turn stunning shades of red and purple. Don't miss having this gold-medal winning pink stunner in your landscape this year. You can trim the branches in late fall or early winter before the flower buds set.
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica x faueri 'Sioux'
    • Foliage: green
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Moisture: Well-drained
    • Mature Height: 12 - 15 feet
    • Flower Color: Pink
    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)

    Order yours soon! * Dark, almost black foliage spring to summer * Pure white ruffled flowers all season * Great in containers The Black Diamond series of crape myrtles are true stars in the landscape and ‘Pure White' is a stunner.
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Foliage: Black
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia BLACK DIAMOND 'Pure White'
    • Soil Type: Well-drained
    • Mature Spread: 8 feet
    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)

    Order yours today! * Dark, dramatic foliage spring to summer * Show-stopping crimson red flowers all season * Great for containers Art, fashion and history bear this out. The stunning black foliage is a perfect dark backdrop to the crimson red blooms...
    • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
    • Flower Color: Crimson Red
    • Foliage: Dark
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
    • Brand: Black Diamond
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Ruffled Red Magic Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    Simple to grow and a garden showstopper, you will be forever happy that you planted one (or several!) of these beauties. It is also resistant to leaf spot and powdery mildew, which is quite a breeding accomplishment in red crepes.
    • Foliage: Dark Green
    • Mature Spread: 8 - 10 feet
    • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-VII'
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Purple Magic Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    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. The rich purple ruffled blooms look great in masses or with other perennials.

    6 - 10 feet

      • Flower Color: Rich Purple
      • Foliage: Glossy Green
      • Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
      • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
      • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Purple Magic' PP23,518
      • Brand: First Editions
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Natchez Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      Crape myrtle leaves are oval and 1 to 2 inches long; they are bronze-colored when they first unfold in the spring and become yellow, orange or red before falling late in autumn. It has unusually large, beautiful white blooms in comparison to the standard...
      • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
      • Fall Color: Orange, Red
      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      • Foliage: Green
      • 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)

      Order yours today! * Free flowering * Unique salmon-pink blooms * Nice natural shape They are the highlights of the early summer garden with flowers that are richly colored and lavishly crinkled.
      • Foliage: Red and Green
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
      • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Coral Magic'
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
      • Soil Type: Well-drained
      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)

      It is a great foundation plant, a perfect fence border or flowering hedge and a real eye-popper in a large container on the patio. It makes a show-stopping 3 foot flowering hedge, especially in the south.
      • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia Black Diamond 'Mystic Magenta'
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      • Mature Spread: 8 feet
      • Soil Type: Well-drained
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
      • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Acoma Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      Crape Myrtles are often tree-like, but Acoma is a nice rounded shrub. The pure white crinkled and ruffled flower clusters hang a little lower than other crapes, to a very romantic effect.

      Well-drained

        • Soil Type: Well-drained
        • Moisture: Well-drained
        • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
        • Growth Rate: Medium
        • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
        • Flower Color: White
        Nebraska
        Omaha
        Midnight Magic Crape Myrtle
        Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

        Midnight Magic Crepe Myrtle is round and compact, growing only 4-6 feet tall. Midnight Magic Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-V' PPAF) has purple/maroon leaves that will not only breathe new life into your tired landscape, but will add mystery, drama...
        • Soil Type: Well-drained
        • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
        • Foliage: Purple Maroon
        • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-V'
        • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
        • Mature Height: 4 - 6 feet
        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)

        Don't let another summer go by without a few of these in your garden! * Dark, colorful foliage spring to summer * Show-stopping flowers all season * Great for smaller gardens What gardeners don't need, however, are plants that are drama to take care of.
        • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
        • Mature Spread: 8 feet
        • Growth Rate: Medium
        • Brand: Black Diamond
        • Soil Type: Well-drained
        • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
        Nebraska
        Omaha
        Zuni Crape Myrtle
        Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

        It grows from 8 to 10 feet tall and has a 7 to 9 feet spread with a rounded top. Crepe myrtles should be grown in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun, and in open areas where air circulation is good.
        • Mature Spread: 7 - 9 feet
        • Mature Height: 8 - 10 feet
        • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
        • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei 'Zuni'
        • Fall Color: Yellow
        • Foliage: Green
        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)

        For grouping or borders, be sure to space, 10 feet apart. This introduction by Carl Whitcomb has dense foliage that will turn a rich orange-brown color in the fall. Pink Velour Crape Myrtle is easy to grow and needs full sun and well drained soil.
        • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
        • Flower Color: Pink
        • Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
        • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
        • Foliage: Purple to Green
        • Growth Rate: Medium
        Nebraska
        Omaha
        Ebony and Ivory Crape Myrtle
        Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

        The result was the release of six cultivars in 1967 and 1970, each named for a Native American tribe, chosen to impart a distinctly American designation to introductions from this program.
        Maryland
        Bowie
        Plum Magic Crape Myrtle
        Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

        The result was the release of six cultivars in 1967 and 1970, each named for a Native American tribe, chosen to impart a distinctly American designation to introductions from this program.
        Maryland
        Bowie
        Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
        ★★★★★
        Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 pcs

        You get a spectacular tree without the problems. No matter where you put it, you'll enjoy full 'coral pink' flowers. It doesn't matter if your soil is sandy, loamy or clay... No matter where you plant them! Perfect for barren areas or trouble spots -...
        • Sunlight: Full Sun
        • Drought Tolerance: Good
        • Mature Height: 15-25 ft.
        • Spacing: 10-15 ft.
        South Carolina
        Fort Mill
        Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
        ★★★★★
        Prices start at : 69.95 USD / 3 GAL 4-5'

        Tuscarora Crape Myrtle blooms on this year's new growth (often called “new wood”), so prune during late winter or very early spring before growth starts. The Crape Myrtle Tuscarora is adaptable to a wide range of soil types, very drought tolerant...
        Maryland
        Bowie
        Purple Magic Crape Myrtle
        ★★★★★
        Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

        The result was the release of six cultivars in 1967 and 1970, each named for a Native American tribe, chosen to impart a distinctly American designation to introductions from this program.
        Maryland
        Bowie
        Coral Magic Crape Myrtle
        Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

        The result was the release of six cultivars in 1967 and 1970, each named for a Native American tribe, chosen to impart a distinctly American designation to introductions from this program.
        Maryland
        Bowie
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