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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)

It makes a great foundation planting, providing interest all year, whether from foliage, flowers or bark. Make sure you plant this where it can be seen and enjoyed. Add mystery to your garden with this pink and plum beauty It was dusk, just as the sun...
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-VIII'
  • Foliage: Burgundy
  • Mature Height: 12 - 16 feet
  • Brand: First Editions
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Nebraska
Omaha
Ebony and Ivory Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

Blooms during summer and fall months. Do an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen that will be needed for healthy foliage and stem growth.
Maryland
Bowie
Pink Velour Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 GAL

For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. The eye-catching trees continue to enhance landscapes allowing gardeners everywhere to relish in their pure beauty.
Maryland
Bowie
Plum Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

Forms a rounded shrub, with a dense, full shape. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. It has excellent resistance to leaf spot and powdery mildew and is perfect to add a shot of summer color in a...
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)

The striking black foliage is a perfect foil to the purple blooms and doesn't look like any other shrub on the market today. You can also prune ‘Purely Purple' to fit into a large container.
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia BLACK DIAMOND 'Purely Purple'
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Foliage: Dark
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Nebraska
Omaha
Black Diamond Blushtm Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

They are dainty ruffled beauties that cover the tree in soft drifts of color. Try it in a large container for an instant eye-catcher. This is a simple shrub to grow – beautiful, healthy and a statement piece.
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Foliage: Black
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia Black Diamond 'Blush'
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)

The leaves transform from spring green into nice fall colors in the autumn. * Coral-pink blooms for months * Great fall color * Great for smaller spaces They are full and ruffled and cover the tree in soft drifts of color.
  • Mature Height: 10 to 12 feet
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Foliage: Black
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
Nebraska
Omaha
Pink Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

Plant one anywhere you'd enjoy an enduring splash of color. 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.
  • Mature Height: 10 - 20 feet
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Foliage: Green
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 8 feet
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica 'Rosea'
Nebraska
Omaha
Purple Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

Even the leaves start out as a charming bronze in the spring. * Year round color * Hardy When the crepe-like flowers fall, the brown capsules of the fruit remain, providing another decorative feature of the plant.
  • Flower Color: Purple
  • Foliage: Green
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 8 feet
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Height: 10 - 20 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Plum Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

It looks amazing massed in large beds under trees. Order yours today! * Deep purple/maroon leaves turn rich green * Unique fuchsia-pink blooms * Semi-dwarf The green leaves really set off the bright fuchsia-pink flowers.
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Plum Magic'
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Flower Color: Fuchsia Pink
Nebraska
Omaha
Sioux Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

They don't get too big or stay too small. They keep coming all the way through the fall, too. (It will even thrive under a blanket of ice and snow!) It is also heat tolerant and drought and disease resistant.
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Height: 12 - 15 feet
  • Moisture: Well-drained
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica x faueri 'Sioux'
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)

You can even prune ‘Pure White' to fit into your favorite large container. The deep colored, almost black foliage is a perfect complement to the snow white blooms. This is a gorgeous hedge plant that grows to 12 feet tall and 8 feet wide.
  • Flower Color: White
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia BLACK DIAMOND 'Pure White'
  • Foliage: Black
  • Brand: Black Diamond
  • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
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)

Prune ‘Crimson Red' to fit into your favorite large container and use it around your patio or by a sunny door. Grown to its full height of 12 feet or pruned hard every winter into a 3 foot hedge, ‘Crimson Red' will be traffic-stopping on your street.
  • Soil Type: Well-drained
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia Black Diamond 'Crimson Red'
  • Mature Spread: 8 feet
  • Flower Color: Crimson Red
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Nebraska
Omaha
Ruffled Red Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

They are great on their own and in groups. Simple to grow and a garden showstopper, you will be forever happy that you planted one (or several!) of these beauties. Very Red and Very Ruffled! Looking for something distinctly different in a crepe myrtle?
  • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
  • Foliage: Dark Green
  • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Spread: 8 - 10 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Purple Magic Crape Myrtle
Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

The leaves start out with a pretty red tint and eventually turn to a glossy green. This shrub is handsome with or without the flowers…but you'll be very happy it has flowers. Like all of the beautiful shrubs in the ‘Magic Crape Myrtle' line from First...

6 - 10 feet

    • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Foliage: Glossy Green
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Purple Magic' PP23,518
    • Mature Height: 6 - 10 feet
    • 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)

    Natchez Crape Myrtles are easy to grow and if they are used for hedges plant them 4 to 5 feet apart. 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...
    • Mature Spread: 20 - 25 feet
    • Flower Color: White
    • Mature Height: 20 - 30 feet
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Foliage: Green
    • Growth Rate: Fast
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Coral Magic Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    This means less spraying, less coddling and more enjoying. These healthy growers can reach 6 – 10 feet tall and wide, so plant them in a place with room to grow. Coral Magic (Lagerstroemia 'Coral Magic' PP23,922) is loaded with salmon-pink flowers that...
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'Coral Magic'
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Mature Spread: 6 - 10 feet
    • Brand: First Editions
    • Flower Color: Coral
    • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
    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)

    They are so full and ruffled you won't think they are real. It is a great foundation plant, a perfect fence border or flowering hedge and a real eye-popper in a large container on the patio.
    • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia Black Diamond 'Mystic Magenta'
    • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Foliage: Black
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Acoma Crape Myrtle
    Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

    The season long flowers and dramatic and beautiful foliage make this a romantic showstopper in the garden. Highly resistant to disease and mildews, Acoma always looks clean and healthy.

    Well-drained

      6 - 7 feet

        • Moisture: Well-drained
        • Flower Color: White
        • Mature Spread: 6 - 7 feet
        • Soil Type: Well-drained
        • Mature Height: 6 - 7 feet
        • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica x faueri 'Acoma'
        Nebraska
        Omaha
        Midnight Magic Crape Myrtle
        Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

        When you plant it. Order yours today! * Deep purple/maroon leaves not diminished by summer heat * Unique dark pink blooms * Great replacement for purple-leaf plum This is a great replacement for purple leaf plums in places where the plums are completely...
        • Foliage: Purple Maroon
        • Moisture: Widely Adaptable
        • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-V'
        • Mature Height: 4 - 6 feet
        • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
        • Growth Rate: Medium
        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)

        ‘Best Red' is easily pruned to fit into your favorite large container, too. Let it grow to its full height of 10 feet or prune it hard every winter and let it be a unique 3 foot hedge.
        • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
        • Foliage: Dark
        • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia BLACK DIAMOND 'Best Red'
        • Mature Spread: 8 feet
        • Growth Rate: Medium
        • Mature Height: 10 - 12 feet
        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 ideally suited for formal or informal design in the home landscape, street plantings and community plantings. It can be planted as a specimen or in groups, and looks attractive when under planted with a ground cover.
        • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
        • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
        • Flower Color: Violet
        • Mature Height: 8 - 10 feet
        • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
        • Fall Color: Yellow
        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)

        It tops out at 20 feet tall and 15 feet wide, and can be planted as a specimen or in groups. This variety is not only drought tolerant, but also resistant to powdery mildew, making it versatile in a variety of conditions.
        • Flower Color: Pink
        • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
        • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
        • Mature Spread: 6 - 8 feet
        • Growth Rate: Medium
        • Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia PINK VELOUR 'Whit III'
        Nebraska
        Omaha
        Purple Magic Crape Myrtle
        Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

        Forms a rounded shrub, with a dense, full shape. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. It has excellent resistance to leaf spot and powdery mildew and is perfect to add a shot of summer color in a...
        Maryland
        Bowie
        Coral Magic Crape Myrtle
        Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

        The new foliage is glossy and reddish in color, eventually turning dark green. Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. The foliage emerges reddish-purple in color and eventually matures to rich dark...
        Maryland
        Bowie
        Moonlight Magic Crape Myrtle
        Prices start at : 49.95 USD / 3 GAL

        Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. We love this product and use it on all plants we install in our own gardens. For varieties that bloom before mid-July, deadheading (or cutting off spent...
        Maryland
        Bowie
        Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
        Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 pcs

        You get a spectacular tree without the problems. Tuscarora Crape Myrtles give you hundreds of 'coral pink' flowers ... It doesn't matter if your soil is sandy, loamy or clay... Attention allergy sufferers! Even if you suffer from allergies, don't hesitate...
        • Growth Rate: Fast
        • Spacing: 10-15 ft.
        • Sunlight: Full Sun
        • Drought Tolerance: Good
        South Carolina
        Fort Mill