Common names: Purple crape myrtle
The Lagerstroemia Catawba Crape Myrtle is a rare find with with true, dark purple, often near-neon, flowers. Showy extra-large flower clusters almost cover the rich-green foliage from early summer through early fall. In spring, emerging leaves of the Catawba crape myrtle are an attention-getting bronze color. Fall color of orange-red is just as spectacular. Excellent cold hardiness for central and southern Texas. Our purple crape myrtles grow very quickly and in a moderate size making it perfect for a hedge for backyard privacy in the summer and fall.
For rural properties, the crape myrtle is deer resistant.
Our inventory has multi-trunks.
General Characteristics of Lagerstroemia Catawba Crape Myrtle
- Category: Small flowering tree; deciduous
- Hardiness: 7b to 10
- Growth Rate: Fast
- Shade: Full sun
- Flower: Bright purple
- Foliage: Rich dark green
- Fall Color: Orange-red
- Winter Color: Exfoliating grey-brown
- Texture: Medium
- Upright rounded or oval: Bushy, rounded, upright with vase-shaped trunks
- Mature Size: 10-12′ tall by 10-12′ wide
- Adaptability: Prefers a moist, well-drained, acid soil, but it is drought tolerant; urban tolerant; heat tolerant
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