Lagerstroemia indica x ‘Cherokee’
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Cherokee Crape Myrtle
| Evergreen-Deciduous | Deciduous |
|---|---|
| Overall Mature Size | Small |
| Mature Height & Spread | 15-20' x 15-20' |
| Exposure | Full sun |
| Water | Medium Water |
| Flower Color | Red |
| Bloom Time | Summer |
| Special Features | Attractibe Bark, Fall Color, Low Water Use |
| Container Sizes | #1, #5, #15, 24" Box, 36" Box |
| Natural Growth Habit | Rounding |
| Sunset Garden Zones | 7-10, 12-14, 18-21 |
| Minimum USDA Hardiness Zone | 6-10 |
| Plant Type | Tree |
Moderate -growing deciduous shrub or small tree with an open branching habit to 15-20’ tall and wide. Crape Myrtle has long been a popular landscape favorite and is revered for its vibrant floral display and attractive multi-toned peeling bark. This showy dense-growing variety exhibits good mildew resistance and along with its glossy dark-green foliage is prized for its magnificent display of abundant vivid coral-red flowers that appear mid-summer to fall. Adding further appeal is the attractive mottled light-grey tan and brown colored bark and a lovely fall foliage display in warm shades of orange and purplish-red. As a large shrub this variety is well-suited as a specimen accent or background and in tree form makes a great courtyard or street tree. Low water needs once established. Full sun.
