Pink Velour Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Whit III’ Plant Patent #10,319

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 8-12′

Width at Maturity: 8-10′

Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Upright

Flower Color: Vibrant Pink

Flower Size: Large clusters

Flowering Period: Summer

Flower Type: Single

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Purplish-Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: NA

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun

Water Needs: Average, Lower when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained, Moderately Drained

Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity, Mildew

Description

When it comes to flowering trees, there’s simply no others more showy than Crape Myrtles. They bloom for up to 100 days during summer, when there are few other trees and shrubs providing that service in the landscape. Colorful fall foliage and attractive exfoliating bark in winter enhance their overall appeal. It’s no wonder they are so wildly popular among designers and gardeners!

Pink Velour is a truly spectacular mid-size Crape Myrtle that features dramatic wine red new leaves, dark purplish-green mature leaves, and large clusters of vibrant pink flowers through most of summer. If the first round of flowers are deadheaded Pink Velour will produce another flush of flowers late summer through mid-fall! Pink Velour is highly resistant to powdery mildew and Cercospora leaf spot.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing to 8-12 feet tall depending on pruning, and 8-10 feet or so wide, Pink Velour Crape Myrtle is an ideal selection for smaller garden spaces, and containers. 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 landscape borders. Also makes a very colorful hedge and is spectacular in groupings. Whether planted as a specimen or in groupings, this is one plant that is sure to stand out in the landscape!

Spacing: 8′ for solid hedge; 12′ for space between plants

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Crape Myrtle is not 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

Pink Velour 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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The Pink Velour Crape Myrtle tree was purchased for my daughter in law. She especially loves the striking pink blossoms that were growing on the tree when it arrived.———————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope she enjosy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

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I want to thank you for your excellent service and especially I wish to thank the lady who took the order.A pleasure to do business with your firm.
Sincerely yours and greetings from Munich, Germany.It is snowing and our plants here have to wait for sunshine and Spring to be planted.——————————————-We are so glad you and your grandson are pleased and we hope he enjoys them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! Thanks for the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG