Muskogee Crape Myrtle
$86.00 Original price was: $86.00.$25.80Current price is: $25.80.
1000 in stock
SKU: Cnk3Du1vZk
Category: HEDGE PLANTS
LIGHT: Full sun
WATER: Water deeply when soil is dry.
SIZE: Moderate growing; reaches 15 to 20 ft. tall, 15 ft. wide
| Description | Panicles of light lavender-pink flowers appear amid glossy green foliage that turns red in fall. The cinnamon colored bark is smooth, peeling to a shiny light gray. A large shrub or small tree that makes an excellent specimen or group planting. Deciduous. |
|---|---|
| Bloom Time | Summer |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Deciduous |
| Special Features | Attractive Bark, Fall Color, Waterwise, Non-toxic to Cats and Dogs, Attracts Pollinators, Heat Loving |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Growth Habit | Rounded |
| Flower Attributes | Showy Flowers |
| Flower Color | Purplish-pink |
| Foliage Color | Green |
| Foliage Fall Color | Red |
| Companion Plants | Magnolia (Magnolia); Lilyturf (Liriope); False Heather (Cuphea); Agapanthus (Agapanthus); Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis) |
| Care Instructions | Thrives in average, well-drained soil. Water deeply, regularly during first growing season to establish an extensive root system; reduce frequency, once established. Feed in early spring. Thin young trees late winter to early spring; leave 3 to 7 main trunks or canopy branches. Remove suckers from the base of older trees. |