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Mature Height
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10 - 12 feet |
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Mature Spread
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6 - 8 feet |
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Soil Type
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Widely Adaptable |
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Moisture
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Moist |
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Mature Form
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Upright |
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Growth Rate
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Fast |
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Sun Exposure
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Full Sun |
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Flower Color
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Pink |
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Fall Color
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Yellow |
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Foliage Color
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Green |
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Zones
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6-10 |
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Buy the Peppermint Crape Myrtle
Price: 19.95
The Peppermint Crape Myrtle,
'Lagerstroemia indica "Nana", is a semi-dwarf shrub
with peppermint pink blossoms. Large clusters of pink
flowers appear on the tips of new branches beginning in
early summer and continue into fall. After flowers fade
and fall from the tree, fruit remains in the form of
small brown capsules.
These fruits remain throughout
the winter providing winter interest along with the
attractive, exfoliating bark which peels away to expose
a trunk which ranges in color from many handsome shades
of brown to gray.
The Peppermint Crape Myrtle is ideally suited for formal
or informal design in the home landscape, street
plantings and community plantings. It can be planted as
a specimen or in groups, and looks attractive when under
planted with a ground cover.
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 before
falling late in autumn. Crape Myrtle are easy to grow
and if they are used for hedges, plant them 4 ot 5 feet
apart.
Use it by driveways, walkways
and especially below high decks and balconies for a view
of the spectacular flower show that appears over the
crown of this plant.
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