Ebony Flame Crape Myrtle – 7 Gallon Pot (4-5′)

Growth Habit / Form:  Upright, Bushy, Rounded Canopy

Growth Rate:  Moderate, Fast

Sun Needs:  Full Sun or Mostly Sun

Water Needs:  Average, low when established

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Growing to 10-12 feet tall depending on pruning, and 6-8 feet wide, Ebony Flame 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 focal point 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:  5 to 6 feet apart for solid hedge; 12 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6b, 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.

Ebony Flame 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.