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The 'Burfordii Nana' is a beautiful variety that is prized for its glossy foliage that emerges light green and darkens with age. It has a dense growth habit and will reach 6-8' tall and wide at maturity.
The 'Carissa' holly is prized for its rich-green foliage and dense growth habit. It will reach 3-4' tall and wide at maturity. Excellent option for low hedging and foundation planting.
The 'Hetzii' has a shrubby, mounded growth habit, reaching 4-6' tall and wide at maturity. Can handle full sun or part shade. This variety is great for low hedging and foundation planting. Small black berries appear in the summer.
The 'Soft Touch' is a compact, rounded variety that will reach 2-3' tall and wide. It is perfect for containers, low hedging and smaller garden spaces. New foliage emerges light green and ages to dark, rich green.
The 'Steeds' holly is prized for its small, rounded foliage that is dark, glossy green. It is a dense, compact variety with an upright growth habit, reaching 6-8' tall and 3-4' wide. Produces black, ornamental berries that persist through winter.
Gem Box Inkberry. The 'Gem Box' is a dwarf variety that will reach 2-3' tall and wide. It is a great option for low hedging and container gardening. Evergreen foliage is dark green and keeps its luster through the seasons.
This variety is admired for its long, willowing branches that are highlighted in late winter and early spring, when clusters of small, yellow blossoms appear. Can be used as a vine to cascade over a retaining wall or as a mounding groundcover on steep slopes. Will grow 10-15' tall and 4-6' wide.
This reblooming variety provides an explosion of color all summer long. The 'Double Dynamite' produces intense, cherry-red blossoms that appear in early summer and will persist throughout the season. Dark purple foliage emerges and ages to dark green.
Height: 20 feet
Spread: 15 feet
Sunlight: full sun, partial shade
Hardiness Zone: 6b
Other Names: Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle
Description:
This attractive ornamental shrub or small tree produces volumes of light lavender-pink frilly blooms in summer, followed by vibrant red fall foliage; captivating focal point for the garden or border
Ornamental Features:
Muskogee Crape Myrtle is covered in stunning panicles of lavender frilly flowers with pink overtones at the ends of the branches from early to late summer. It has attractive dark green deciduous foliage which emerges coppery-bronze in spring. The oval leaves are highly ornamental and turn red in fall.
Landscape Attributes:
Muskogee Crape Myrtle is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous tree with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.
This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Muskogee Crape Myrtle is recommended for the following landscape applications:
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing:
Muskogee Crape Myrtle will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 3 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.
This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is very fussy about its soil conditions and must have rich, acidic soils to ensure success, and is subject to chlorosis (yellowing) of the foliage in alkaline soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
The 'Sunshine' privet has golden-yellow foliage that keeps its luster all year long. It is a low-grower with a mounding habit and will reach 4-6' tall and 3-4' wide. Great for low-hedging.
The 'Bonfire' has distinctively slender leaves that appear swirly when viewed up close. New foliage is vibrant orange-red, contrasting against the older, green foliage. Best color is achieved when planted in full sun. This variety stays compact, growing only 3' tall and wide.
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