Red Crape Myrtle Varieties

The heavily crinkled fuchsia-pink flowers bloom so exuberantly and stand out so starkly from the dark foliage that you can't help but stopping to notice. * Deep purple/maroon leaves * Crinkled fuchsia-pink blooms * Tall to 16 feet

We highly recommend that you mulch your Ebony and Ivory Crape Myrtle with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. Ebony and Ivory Crape Myrtle is an exciting new Crape Myrtle hybrid that has the darkest...

Then remove lateral branches on the bottom half of the tree. Pink Velour 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.

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. The foliage emerges a plum-purple in color and eventually matures to a rich dark green throughout the summer, setting off the bright flowers.

This is a new shrub with stunning black foliage and masses of gorgeous purple blooms that keep coming from spring to fall. You will be love the amazing contrast this shrub brings to your landscape.

Order yours today. They are dainty ruffled beauties that cover the tree in soft drifts of color. Blush is more resistant to powdery mildew than many other crapes, and it is relatively drought tolerant once it is established.

This is a great 3-season shrub. It makes an excellent foundation plant and a beautiful fence border or flowering hedge. The coral-pink blooms pop against the black foliage. The leaves transform from spring green into nice fall colors in the autumn.

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. 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...

They then transition into a verdant green that endures throughout the summer months. The best feature of the Crape Myrtle is certainly the impressive purple display it enacts each year.

Try it in a perennial border or as a nice foil to evergreen plantings. It is a semi-dwarf version that blooms in early summer and, if deadheaded, again in late summer. The leaves start off a plum-purple in spring and mature into a rich dark green by summertime.

As the flowers are fading the leaves turn stunning shades of red and purple. It blooms farther north than many other crape myrtles. ‘Sioux' will reward you with over 100 days of blooms during the season.

They are even drought tolerant once they're established. It really doesn't look like any other shrub on the market. This is a gorgeous hedge plant that grows to 12 feet tall and 8 feet wide.

You will be thrilled with the ease and performance of this shrub. The stunning black foliage is a perfect dark backdrop to the crimson red blooms from spring to fall. Black Diamond ‘Crimson Red' Crape Myrtle is a new shrub with striking black foliage...

If you've never grown a crepe myrtle, this is the one to start with. * First Editions Plants * Striking red flowers * Reblooms * Very disease resistant When the flower show stops in late summer the leaves take over by turning a deep orange-red in the...

Let us introduce you to Purple Magic Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia 'Purple Magic' PP23,906). Purple Magic will add drama and depth to your garden. The rich purple ruffled blooms look great in masses or with other perennials.

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. Crape Myrtle Natchez trees provides an excellent winter interest that comes...

Just give it full sun and plenty of water to get it established and it will reward you with years of carefree blooms. Besides their graceful beauty and uniquely colored flowers, Coral Magic – like all the shrubs in the Magic series – has excellent...

This easy, low-maintenance beauty will add the perfect touch of color and mystery to your garden, wherever you plant it! Don't hesitate and order this beauty today. They are so full and ruffled you won't think they are real.

Crape Myrtles are often tree-like, but Acoma is a nice rounded shrub. Acoma Crape Myrtle trees will grow and thrive even in the hottest and driest gardens, loving the heat and resistant to drought once they are established.

Just give it full sun and plenty of water. As if the richly colored leaves weren't enough, it blooms from July to September with amazing dark pink flowers that cover the shrub by the bushel.

All of the Black Diamond crape myrtles are low maintenance, highly resistant to mildew and are relatively drought tolerant once established. Either way, it will be a conversation starter.

The young foliage has a shiny red edge and becomes deep green. It is best to follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system.

Pink Velour Crape Myrtle is easy to grow and needs full sun and well drained soil. Unique Semi-dwarf Crape Myrtle with Vibrant Pink Flowers! The Pink Velour Crape Myrtle PP10319 (Lagerstroemia indica 'Whit III') is sure to impress you with its vibrant...

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. The foliage emerges reddish in color and eventually matures to a rich dark green throughout the summer, setting off the dark flowers.

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. Like all the Magics, it has excellent resistance to leaf spot and powdery mildew.

The resulting seedling trees proved to be immune to powdery mildew, a disease that often afflicted and that the USNA breeding project had sought to eradicate. Bio-tone is a gardeners best friend and can help guarantee your success.

Like all of our Crapes, this one is highly resistant to disease, powdery mildew and leaf spotting. Attention allergy sufferers! Even if you suffer from allergies, don't hesitate to plant this tree in high-traffic areas - it's virtually allergy free!