Princess Kylie Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia hybrid ‘ ‘GA0803’

Plant Details

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

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 4-5′

Width at Maturity: 4-5′
Spacing: 3.5 to 4′ for solid hedge; 8’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Rounded

Flower Color: Magenta-Fuchsia

Flower Size: Medium size clusters

Flowering Period: Early Summer to Early Fall!

Flower Type: Single

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: NA

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun

Water Needs: Average, Lower when established

Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay at planting time), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

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

Description

One of the longest blooming and most cold hardy Crape Myrtles in our gardens, Princess Kylie is a semi-dwarf to 5 feet high and wide that’s a perfect fit in smaller garden spaces and containers where larger growing varieties won’t fit. Abundant clusters of captivating magenta-fuchsia ruffled flowers explode on the scene in early summer continuing until earl fall. The flowers are backed by handsome gray-green leaves that turn to vivid shades of orange and red in fall.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 4 to 5 feet tall and equally as wide, the Princess Kylie Crape is an ideal for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces and home foundation plantings or in groupings or as a hedge in larger landscape borders. Perfect for larger pots planters and other containers 16 inches or more in diameter.

Suggested Spacing: 3.5 to 4 feet for hedges; 8′ or 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

Princess Kylie Crape Myrtle is easy to grow in most any well-drained moist soil of average fertility and full sun. Light shade is tolerated but flowering is diminished with more shade. Maintenance is minimal, with very little if any pruning required for plants to maintain density and a nice form. That said, spent flowers can be removed to encourage a possible second flush of flowers. A light pruning before leaves emerge in early spring can help to maintain a more compact and dense form. When established, plants are quite drought tolerant; only requiring supplemental water during prolonged dry periods during summer. As with all other crape myrtle, deer won’t touch this one!

Helpful Articles

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

How To Plant A Crape Myrtle Shrub Or Tree

How To Fertilize & Water A Crape Myrtle

How To Prune A Dwarf Crape Myrtle Shrub

Choosing The Right Crape Myrtle

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I was surprised by the quality and health of the bush. Beautiful shape and condition.—————————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG