Lagerstroemia indica x ‘Muskogee’
Muskogee Crape Myrtle
Evergreen-Deciduous | Deciduous |
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Overall Mature Size | Large |
Mature Height & Spread | 20' x 15-20' |
Exposure | Full sun |
Water | Medium Water |
Flower Color | Lavender |
Bloom Time | Summer |
Special Features | Attractive Bark, Fall Color, Low Water Use |
Container Sizes | #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 | Shrub |
Moderate to fast-growing deciduous shrub or small tree to 20 ft tall by 15-20 ft 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 vigorous variety exhibits good mildew resistance and along with its glossy dark-green foliage is prized for its magnificent display of abundant soft-lavender-colored flowers that appear in summer. Adding further appeal is the attractive exfoliating brown tan and grey colored bark and a lovely fall foliage display in warm shades of orange and 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.