Spectacular clusters of pure white, crinkled flowers will delight throughout the warm summer months. The attractive peeling bark provides winter interest. A wonderful dwarf crape mrytle that serves as an excellent large shrub or small tree with a weeping form, rich fall color, and excellent mildew resistance . Deciduous.
Average Size at Maturity Moderate growing; reaches 6 to 7 ft. tall and wide.
Bloom Time Summer
Design Ideas This smaller new Crape Myrtle thinks it's a shrub. It is small enough to fit easily into the tiniest city garden or courtyard. With its weeping white flower clusters and lustrous bark, it should be treated as a specimen and planted in raised beds or planters close by. An excellent candidate for huge ceramic pots, where it will grow happily for many years.
Deciduous/ Evergreen Deciduous
Flower Attribute Long Bloom Season, Showy Flowers
Flower Color White
Foliage Color Green
Garden Style Cottage, Mediterranean, Rustic
Growth Habit Weeping
Growth Rate Moderate
Landscape Use Border, Container, Firescaping/Firewise, Mass Planting, Privacy Screen, Specimen, Urban Garden
Light Needs Full sun
Soil Needs Tree & Shrub Food
Special Feature Attractive Bark, Dwarf Plant, Easy Care, Fall Color, Improved Disease Resistance, Tolerates Poor Soils, Waterwise, Year-round Interest, Pet Friendly, Tolerates Urban Pollution
Water Needs Low
Watering Needs Water deeply when soil is dry.