Sarah’s Favorite Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica ‘Sarah’s Favorite’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-10b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Tree
Height at Maturity: 15-25′
Width at Maturity: 15-20′
Spacing: 12-15′ for hedges; 25’+ for space between trees
Spacing: 12-15′ for hedges; 25’+ for space between trees
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Bushy
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering Period: Mid-Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Flower Type: Single flowers in large rounded to elongated clusters
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fall Foliage Color: Burgundy-Red, Orange
Fall Foliage Color: Burgundy-Red, Orange
Fragrant Foliage: No
Bark Color: Cinnamon-Red
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, Butterflies, Birds
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Moderate Drought, Heat
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!
An exceptionally cold hardy Crape Myrtle to USDA Zone 6, Sarah’s Favorite is a year round color factory producing large clusters of pure white flowers for up to 120 days during summer that are up to 16 inches long! The dark green glossy leaves provide a nice backdrop for the flowers and turn to colorful shades of burgundy, red, and orange during the fall. Exfoliating cinnamon-red bark adds even more interest to the landscape during the winter months. Excellent resistance to powdery mildew.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 15 to 25 feet tall depending on pruning and 15 to 20 feet wide, Sarah’s Favorite Crape Myrtle is ideal for use as a specimen, in grouping or straight or staggered rows to delineate a property line or line a driveway. A fine addition to white theme gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 15 feet apart for hedge; 25 feet apart for space between trees
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
Sarah’s Favorite Crape Myrtle is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full to mostly sun. 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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