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Mature Height
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10 - 20 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 Pink Crape Myrtle
Price: 19.95
The Pink Crape Myrtle,
'Lagerstroemia indica "Rosea", is a handsome,
summer-flowering, deciduous small tree or shrub. It is a
favorite among Southern gardeners because of its beauty
and low maintenance.
The crape myrtle is valued
mainly for its long period of striking summer flowers.
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 Pink 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,
orange or red 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.
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