Bellini® Grape Crape Myrtle
$92.00 Original price was: $92.00.$27.60Current price is: $27.60.
1000 in stock
SKU: DyTQ1rNS98
Category: BESTSELLERS
LIGHT: Full sun
WATER: Water deeply when soil is dry.
SIZE: Moderately fast growing; reaches only 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide.
| Description | A crape myrtle breakthrough with a refreshing, sweet, truly compact shrub and delicious, dark lavender-purple blooms that will brighten the warm summer landscape, blooming earlier than other varieties. The low, mounded form is excellent for foundations, in mixed shrub borders, or as a low hedge. Resistant to powdery mildew. Deciduous. |
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| Bloom Time | Midsummer through early fall |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Deciduous |
| Special Features | Attractive Bark, Easy Care, Improved Pest and Disease Resistance, Waterwise, Non-toxic to Cats and Dogs, Attracts Pollinators, Heat Loving, Compact Form |
| Problems/Solutions | Tolerates Urban Pollution |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Flower Attributes | Long Bloom Season, Showy Flowers |
| Patent Act | Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent. |
| Landscape Use | Border, Container, Hedge |
| Flower Color | Purplish-pink |
| Foliage Color | Green |
| Companion Plants | California Lilac (Ceanothus); False Heather (Cuphea); Daylily (Hemerocallis); Lilyturf (Liriope); Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis) |
| Care Instructions | Thrives in average, well-drained soils. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish root system; once established, reduce frequency. Feed before new growth begins in spring. Remove emerging suckers from base of older shrubs to reduce spread. Remove spent blooms to encourage rebloom. |