An early snow or frost will not harm a nursery stock item that is already dormant. In general, these items can be planted anytime your ground is not frozen. The plant produces flowers in large clusters averaging 6 inches in length. Mature trees reach an average height of 8’-15’ and a spread of 6’- 10’ depending on the prevailing growth conditions. These are a fast grower and in a year time you could be enjoying this wonderful color. Tonto crape myrtles are smaller than other crape myrtle varieties and have a moderate growth rate averaging 13-24’’ per year. The oval leaves are highly ornamental and turn orange in fall. It has attractive dark green deciduous foliage which emerges coppery-bronze in spring.
These are sold in plugs current size is 5-12 inches. Peppermint Lace Crapemyrtle is blanketed in stunning panicles of hot pink frilly flowers with white edges at the ends of the branches from early to late summer. Please note depending on how you select shipping your order will arrive within 1-10 days. Do not fertilize after late summer, so they can go completely dormant before winter. Crape myrtle's bloom on their new growth, so promote it with nitrogen. Lagerstroemia, Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle 'Peppermint Lace' Lagerstroemia indica 5 more photos VIEW GALLERY View all varieties of Crepe Myrtles 5 members have or want this plant for trade.
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For hedges, plant crape myrtle's about 4 or 5 feet apart.Īpply a high nitrogen lawn-type fertilizer in early spring and again in late spring. Full sun Flowers are Reddish Pink with White-edged blooms Foliage green Fall foliage orange-red 8-12+ Feet tall at maturity Mature Form: Upright columnar.US9. The flower clusters at the top were from varieties growing to mature heights of less than 5 ft., while flowers at the bottom of the photo were from varieties that will. The smooth gray bark of old branches and stems gradually flakes off to reveal fresh pinkish bark beneath.Ĭrape myrtle's grow in Zones 6-10 and do best in full sun and in moist soil that has been well supplemented with peat moss, leaf mold or decayed sawdust. To show the incredible diversity within crape myrtles, this photograph was taken in a crape myrtle nursery in Celina, Texas, on June 30, while they were in peak bloom of summer. 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. Individual flowers are about 1 1/2 inches across, so crinkly they look as if they were made of crepe paper. Also great for cut flower arrangements.Ĭrape myrtle are the most colorful element of Southern gardens from mid- to late summer when each branch and twig on the plants is tipped with a 6- to 12-inch cluster of white, pink, red, lavender or purple-red flowers. The geren leaves of the multi-branched, compact Acer palmatum Mikawa yatsubusa grow closely together. Plant in groupings for the best affect or line a drive or fence. This Semi-dwarf shrub with peppermint blossoms is extremely showy from mid-summer through fall. (Unusually spelled names in parentheses are the names by which the plants were patented.Crape Myrtle 'Peppermint' (Lagerstroemia indiica)Ĭrape myrtle's are easy to grow and a delight to anyone's garden.
Only gene testing could tell us the real facts. There are many cultivars/varieties that are identical to others with different names. Plant database entry for Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Peppermint Lace') with 8 images, one comment, and 57 data details. No one will probably ever have a complete list of all the crape myrtle varieties.
The flower clusters at the top were from varieties growing to mature heights of less than 5 ft., while flowers at the bottom of the photo were from varieties that will grow to be 20 ft. To show the incredible diversity within crape myrtles, this photograph was taken in a crape myrtle nursery in Celina, Texas, on June 30, while they were in peak bloom of summer.
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