Double Feature® Red Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Whit IX’ PP#23559

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-10a Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub or Tree

Height at Maturity: 6-8′

Width at Maturity: 6-8′
Spacing: 6-8′ for hedge row, 9’+ for space in between

Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Rounded, Upright

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Deep Fushcia Red to Wine Red

Flowering Period: Summer, Early Fall

Flower Type: Single flowers in large rounded to elongated clusters

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fall Foliage Color:

Fragrant Foliage: No

Bark Color: Grey, Light Brown

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun

Water Needs: Average, low when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Drainage: Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Moderate Drought, Heat

Description

Breaking new ground with its continual blooming habit and low maintenance characteristics, the non-stop, brilliant fuchsia to wine-red blooms of the Double Feature Crape Myrtle first appear in June and continue until the first heavy frost! In spring wine-red leaves emerge and transition to a lovely dark green background for the flowers. This reblooming shrub produces no seed capsules, reblooming on the same panicles. As a semi-dwarf that forms a dense perfect ball to only 6 to 8 feet in height and width that requires little to no pruning.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing to 6-8 feet tall and wide, the Double Feature Red Crape Myrtle is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a colorful hedge in sunny landscape borders. It can be grown as a shrub or lower branches can be removed to form a very attractive small tree, making it an excellent choice for use as a specimen or accent in sunny home foundation plantings or large pots. This is one plant that is sure to stand out in your landscape!

Spacing: 6 feet apart for solid hedge; 9 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a, where this Crape Myrtle variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

Double Feature Crape Myrtle is very easy to grow. It is not picky about soil type provided the soil is well-drained. A moist but well-drained soil of average fertility is preferred. Full sun is preferred and results in heavier flower production. Light shade is tolerated but flowering will be diminished in more shade. Has shown excellent resistance to powdery mildew and is quite drought tolerant when established.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Crape Myrtle trees.

How To Plant A Crape Myrtle In The Ground Or In A Pot

How To Prune a Crape Myrtle Tree the Right Way

How To Fertilize & Water A Crape Myrtle

How To Prune a Dwarf Crape Myrtle

Choosing the Right Crape Myrtle

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We needed to replace our large tree with a smaller crepe myrtle. When it arrived we thought we would need to have it installed. Your planting instructions were so thorough, we decided to try it ourselves (we’re 70 years old). Success! It was easy and it looks great. Thank you for a beautiful product and great support. Marlene and Jim ————————— WBG Reply: Hi Marlene! – Thanks so much for your review of the Double Feature Crape Myrtle and hope you enjoy this long-blooming beauty for years to come. We’re glad to hear you found the planting instruction helpful and that the planting process went smoothly. Be sure to let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

Thank YOU so much for how you guys shipped this plant!!! I appreciate the extra packaging and could tell it helped the plants health a whole lot! Thanks!

Extremely helpful staff, the crape myrtles were shipped with care and arrived in excellent condition, and I am very pleased with the quality! They were blooming when I got them! I would highly recommend wilsonbrosgardens.com to others!

Planted last fall. We had a hard winter but all 6 plants are coming in healthy and strong. I’m looking forward to the bloom time!!!