Enduring Summer Red Crape Myrtle Tree

Lagerstroemia hybrid ‘PIILAG-V’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub or Tree

Height at Maturity: 7-9′

Width at Maturity: 4-5′
Spacing: Best as specimen or in spaced groupings; 7′ or more apart in groupings

Growth Habit / Form: Upright tree form with rounded canopy

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Bright True Scarlet-Red

Flowering Period: Summer reblooming through Fall!

Flower Type: Single flowers in large rounded clusters

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Dark Green, Red new growth
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

If you love Crape Myrtles for their bright flowers and long bloom season during summer, you’re gonna absolutely love even longer-blooming Enduring Summer Crape Myrtles. We think they should’ve named this series “Enduring Fall” because the specimens in our gardens bloom from early summer right up to frost!

This is the distinctive, single-trunk version of the Enduring Summer Red Crape Myrtle, a prolific blooming, repeat flowering semi-dwarf Crape Myrtle that produces vibrant, scarlet-red flowers all summer long and into fall. With a light trimming in late summer the plants will rebloom to frost! The flowers stand out nicely against the handsome, glossy, dark green foliage on a tightly rounded canopy. As a shrub it typically grows to 4 to 5 feet tall and wide, but this tree form will grow 7 to 9 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide. Its smaller size makes it a great accent tree for smaller garden spaces, home foundation plantings and containers. Two can be used to frame an entryway.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing to 7 to 9 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, the single-trunk tree form Enduring Summer Red Crape Myrtle is an ideal accent tree for smaller garden spaces, landscape borders, home foundation plantings and containers. Two can be used to accentuate an entryway. Also makes a very colorful hedge and is spectacular in groupings. A fine addition to red theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 7 feet or more apart for space between plants

Growing Preferences

Enduring Summer 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. Can be trimmed in late summer to encourage heavier blooming through fall. Can also be pruned in late winter for shaping purposes.

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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