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Twilight Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

There will be admirers. If you are looking for a showpiece in your garden - something beautiful, mysterious and unforgettable - order Twilight Magic today. The dancer was twirling in circles and her crinkled skirt was swirling around her like a cloud.
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-VIII'
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Mature Height: 12 - 16 feet
  • Brand: First Editions
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Ebony and Ivory Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid sucker growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. Following the release of the first hybrid selections (‘Muskogee' and ‘Natchez') in 1978, twenty-one hybrid cultivars would be selected, named,...
Maryland
Bowie
Pink Velour Crape Myrtle
★★★★★
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 GAL

Cultivated varieties have expanded the flower color range to include white, pink, mauve, lavender and purple. This is not to be rushed. We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products...
Maryland
Bowie
Plum Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition overall as they breakdown. Following the release of the first hybrid selections (‘Muskogee' and ‘Natchez') in 1978, twenty-one hybrid...
Maryland
Bowie
Black Diamond Purely Purpletm Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

Black Diamond crape myrtles are easy care, disease resistant and drought tolerant once they are established. You will be love the amazing contrast this shrub brings to your landscape.
  • Flower Color: Vibrant Purple
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia BLACK DIAMOND 'Purely Purple'
Nebraska
Omaha
Black Diamond Blushtm Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

This is a simple shrub to grow – beautiful, healthy and a statement piece. It handles pruning like a champ and can be kept much shorter if you want. They are dainty ruffled beauties that cover the tree in soft drifts of color.
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Flower Color: Blush Pink
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia Black Diamond 'Blush'
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
Nebraska
Omaha
Black Diamond Shell Pinktm Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

They are full and ruffled and cover the tree in soft drifts of color. The leaves transform from spring green into nice fall colors in the autumn. This stunning garden plant will stand out wherever you put it in your landscape.
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Brand: Black Diamond
Nebraska
Omaha
Pink Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

The Crape Myrtle has something to offer whatever the season, and it will certainly offer you enjoyment for years to come. Beginning in early summer and continuing into the fall, your Crape Myrtle will dazzle you with its clusters of pink blossoms that...
  • Fall Color: Yellow
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica 'Rosea'
  • Mature Height: 10 - 20 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
Purple Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

When the crepe-like flowers fall, the brown capsules of the fruit remain, providing another decorative feature of the plant. Even the leaves start out as a charming bronze in the spring.
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 8 feet
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica 'Purpurea'
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Foliage: Green
  • Flower Color: Purple
  • Growth Rate: Fast
Nebraska
Omaha
Plum Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

The green leaves really set off the bright fuchsia-pink flowers. It looks amazing massed in large beds under trees. This is a new form of crape myrtle. The beautiful flowers and a splash of color wherever they are.
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Plum Magic'
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Flower Color: Fuchsia Pink
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Sioux Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

You can trim the branches in late fall or early winter before the flower buds set. They fit under utility lines with no problem. They keep coming all the way through the fall, too.

Well-drained

    • Mature Height: 12 - 15 feet
    • Mature Spread: 8 - 10 feet
    • Moisture: Well-drained
    • Foliage: green
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica x faueri 'Sioux'
    • Soil Type: Well-drained
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Black Diamond Pure Whitetm Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    We know that you will be in love with the beauty this shrub brings to your landscape. Black Diamond crape myrtles are easy care, dependable and disease resistant. It really doesn't look like any other shrub on the market.
    • Mature Spread: 8 feet
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Foliage: Black
    • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
    • Brand: Black Diamond
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Black Diamond Crimson Redtm Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    Simply striking and easily the talk of your garden. All of the Black Diamond crape myrtles are low maintenance, highly disease resistant and are relatively drought tolerant once established.
    • Brand: Black Diamond
    • Foliage: Dark
    • Soil Type: Well-drained
    • Flower Color: Crimson Red
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Ruffled Red Magic Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    Plant them with other bright flowers or shrubs in deep green. They even succeed in large containers on your porch. This new crepe myrtle has all of the great traits you love about your other crepe myrtles, but with a few HUGE new features.
    • Mature Spread: 8 - 10 feet
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-VII'
    • Flower Color: Red
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Purple Magic Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    Try them with yellow, orange or white flowers or foliage for an unforgettable garden look this summer. Purple Magic will add drama and depth to your garden. Let us introduce you to Purple Magic Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia 'Purple Magic' PP23,906).

    6 - 10 feet

      • Flower Color: Rich Purple
      • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
      • Foliage: Glossy Green
      • Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
      • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Purple Magic' PP23,518
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Natchez Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      * Handsome plant * Excellent winter interest * Low maintenance * Summer Flowering * Fall Color * Waterwise Crape Myrtle Natchez trees provides an excellent winter interest that comes from the attractive, exfoliating, reddish-brown bark.
      • Mature Spread: 20 - 25 feet
      • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
      • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei 'Natchez'
      • Flower Color: White
      • Fall Color: Orange, Red
      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Coral Magic Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      Try it with white or blue companion flowers for an unforgettable look. Equally beautiful on its own as a specimen plant or in a mixed shrub border. Besides their graceful beauty and uniquely colored flowers, Coral Magic – like all the shrubs in the...
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
      • Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
      • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
      • Foliage: Red and Green
      • Soil Type: Well-drained
      • Flower Color: Coral
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Black Diamond Mystic Magentatm Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      Mystic Magenta Magic, has excellent resistance to powdery mildew and is drought tolerant one it is established. It makes a show-stopping 3 foot flowering hedge, especially in the south.
      • Flower Color: Magenta
      • Brand: Black Diamond
      • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
      • Soil Type: Well-drained
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Acoma Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      Romantic elegance for your garden! Crape Myrtles always add elegance and form to a garden, as well as great summer flower color at eye-level. Crape Myrtles are often tree-like, but Acoma is a nice rounded shrub.
      • Moisture: Well-drained
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      • Foliage: green
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
      • Mature Spread: 6 - 7 feet
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Midnight Magic Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      This is a great replacement for purple leaf plums in places where the plums are completely defoliated by August. When you plant it. Midnight Magic Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-V' PPAF) has purple/maroon leaves that will not only breathe new life...
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
      • Brand: First Editions
      • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
      • Mature Height: 4 - 6 feet
      • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
      • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-V'
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Black Diamond Best Redtm Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      You will be hard-pressed to find another plant this easy and this dramatic. Use it around your patio or flanking a sunny door. Either way, it will be a conversation starter. Let it grow to its full height of 10 feet or prune it hard every winter and let...
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
      • Brand: Black Diamond
      • Mature Spread: 8 feet
      • Soil Type: Well-drained
      • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia BLACK DIAMOND 'Best Red'
      • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Zuni Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      The Zuni Crape Myrtle is an easy to grow shrub, and it can also be used for hedges; plant them 3 to 4 feet apart. It is best to follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system.
      • Foliage: Green
      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      • Flower Color: Violet
      • Fall Color: Yellow
      • Mature Spread: 7 - 9 feet
      • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Pink Velour Crape Myrtle Tree Form
      Prices start at : 79.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      For grouping or borders, be sure to space, 10 feet apart. Allow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. The Pink Velour Crape Myrtle is ideally suited for formal or informal design in the...
      • Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      • Mature Spread: 6 - 8 feet
      • Flower Color: Pink
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
      • Fall Color: Orange
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Purple Magic Crape Myrtle
      ★★★★★
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

      Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition overall as they breakdown. Following the release of the first hybrid selections (‘Muskogee' and ‘Natchez') in 1978, twenty-one hybrid...
      Maryland
      Bowie
      Coral Magic Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

      Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition overall as they breakdown. Following the release of the first hybrid selections (‘Muskogee' and ‘Natchez') in 1978, twenty-one hybrid...
      Maryland
      Bowie
      Moonlight Magic Crape Myrtle
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

      Moonlight Magic Crape Myrtle blooms on this year's new growth (often called “new wood”), so prune during late winter or very early spring before growth starts. Moonlight Magic Crape Myrtle has beautiful purple-maroon foliage that holds its color through...
      Maryland
      Bowie
      Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
      ★★★★★
      Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 pcs

      No fungicide treatments required! Fast growing... Plant in the center of your lawn, or anywhere you want color, and enjoy your flowers from spring until fall. This tree is an ideal solution for small areas that don't have much planting space, such as...
      • Growth Rate: Fast
      • Drought Tolerance: Good
      • Sunlight: Full Sun
      • Spacing: 10-15 ft.
      South Carolina
      Fort Mill
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