(Pride-of-India)

Queen's crapemyrtle is a large semi-deciduous tree with rich green leaves and, off and on across the warm season, produces showy clusters of violet-pink or pink blossoms. This variable species from southern China and Southeast Asia can also flower in shades of nearly white and pale pink. Its foliage emerges with a reddish tint and unfurls into large, long green leaves with prominent veins. The mature form of this tree is broad and rounded, but can be very open in places. The bark is light brown and...

(Dwarf Crapemyrtle, Tonto Crapemyrtle)

The Tonto crapemyrtle is a mildew resistant hybrid shrub with bright magenta red flowers and dull red fall foliage. It is an upright shrub that can be used as an accent plant or as an informal hedge or screen. Its bark is beige and spring's emerging leaves are bronze. By trimming away the lower branches, 'Tonto' can be made into a very small, petite vase-shaped tree.

Tonto is a hybrid of Japanese crapemyrtle with the common crapemyrtle that was made at the United States National Arboretum.

Crapemyrtles...

(Hybrid Crapemyrtle)

This hybrid crapemyrtle, 'Tuscarora,' is a fast-growing mildew-resistant tree with a pleasant rounded canopy. In the heat of summer, the branch tips are filled with flower clusters of a deep coral-pink. The bark of this tree is smooth and mottled, with blotches of cream, tan and olive green.

Crapemyrtle should be planted in a well drained soil with a pH range of 5.5 to 7.5. Full sun is mandatory for best flowering and overall plant fullness and form. Like most crapemyrtles, 'Tuscarora' is quite...

(Hybrid Crapemyrtle, Tuskegee Crapemyrtle)

A small, deciduous flowering tree, ‘Tuskegee’ blooms heavily with clusters of deep powdery-pink flowers in mid and late summer and adds more color in fall with orange-red leaves. It is most often multi-trunked and when in flower the branches arch downward under the weight of the large panicles, or flower clusters.

As for most crapemyrtles, plant ‘Tuskegee’ in well-drained average soil. Full sun is mandatory for best flowering and overall plant fullness and form. Once established, ‘Tuskegee’...

(Hybrid Crapemyrtle, Yuma Crapemyrtle)

The ‘Yuma’ crapemyrtle is a mildew-resistant hybrid with misty lavender flowers in summer, fall foliage of yellow to brownish red, and smooth gray and green bark. It is a small, multi-trunked tree (or large and broad shrub) that can be used as a focal accent.

Plant ‘Yuma’ in well-drained, more or less neutral soil. Full sun is mandatory for best flowering and overall plant fullness and form. Like most crapemyrtles, ‘Yuma’ is quite drought tolerant once established. Pruning the spent branch tips...

(Dwarf Crapemyrtle, Zuni Crapemyrtle)

The mildew-resistant hybrid crapemyrtle 'Zuni' bursts forth in summer with strong-pink flowers that take on a lavender tint in summertime. More color arrives in fall as the leaves change from green to orange-red to dark red. The flowers do not fade with age as much as other boldly-colored cultivars. An upright, deciduous shrub, 'Zuni' displays attractive bark of ghostly gray and brown that is a highlight in fall and winter.

Like most crapemyrtles, 'Zuni' grows and flowers best in a well-drained,...