Crepe Myrtles

The Dwarf Peppermint Crepe Myrtle is known for its large clusters of white-edged candy-pink flowers that appear in July and beyond on dark green (sometimes a deep olive) oval leaves. Dwarf Peppermint Crepe Myrtle grow like crazy are easy to keep healthy and resist mildew even in humid climates. This variety is a semi-dwarf so it doesn’t take up quite the space of the traditional varieties. The Dwarf Peppermint Crepe Myrtle can be planted and left to its own devices or it can be pruned to a shorter height or even into tree form.

Hummingbirds and butterflies flock to their blooms. Crape myrtle are the most colorful element of most gardens from mid- to late summer when each branch and twig on the plants is tipped with a 6- to 12-inch cluster of bright red and white flowers. Individual flowers are about 1 1/2 inches across, so crinkled they look as if they were made of crepe paper. Crape myrtle leaves are oval and 1 to 2 inches long; they are bronze-colored when they first unfold in the spring and become yellow, orange or red before falling late in autumn. The smooth gray bark of old branches and stems gradually flakes off to reveal fresh pinkish bark beneath.

Zone 7-9

Mature Height: 3ft.

Mature Width: 3-5ft

Growth/Year: 13-24 inches

Sunlight: Full sun to Partial light shade

Soil Conditions: Average to slightly moist and fertile, Well-drained

Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia