{"title":"Crepe Myrtle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirty-three listings, and fewer plants than that. Natchez accounts for five of them, Zuni for three and Biloxi for two, because the farms train one cultivar several ways and list each form separately. Read the form in the title before you read the colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Indian Summer hybrids\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven cultivars here come from the US National Arboretum crosses of Lagerstroemia indica with L. fauriei. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lagerstroemia-natchez-crepe-myrtle\"\u003eNatchez\u003c\/a\u003e, Biloxi and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lagerstroemia-tuscarora-crepe-myrtle\"\u003eTuscarora\u003c\/a\u003e are the taller vase shaped ones. Sioux, Comanche, Lipan and Yuma work through the middle. Zuni is the mid sized substitute for gardens where Natchez would grow too tall, Acoma spreads wider than it stands, and Tonto and Hopi are the semi dwarfs. A twelfth listing is called simply Indian Summer. That is the group name rather than a cultivar, so confirm which selection is in the pot before you build a colour scheme around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDark leaf, and the same catch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiamonds in the Dark runs to five listings: Pure White, Red Hot, Shell Pink, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lagerstroemia-diamonds-in-the-dark-crimson-red-crepe-myrtle\"\u003eDiamonds in the Dark Crimson Red\u003c\/a\u003e and an unnamed base listing supplied in 300L. The series was bred for foliage before flower and the plants are hard to tell apart out of bloom, so that base listing carries the same warning. Three Magic series listings follow. Moonlight Magic puts white flower over near black leaf, Twilight Magic deep purple over the same, and Ruffled Red Magic is green leaved, so there is no leaf contrast at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBought for the trunk\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree listings carry Lagerstroemia fauriei in the title rather than a hybrid name: Kiowa, Townhouse and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lagerstroemia-fauriei-fantasy-crepe-myrtle\"\u003eFantasy\u003c\/a\u003e. Finer white flowers, cinnamon to mahogany bark that peels away in sheets, an upright vase crown. Start here if the winter trunk is the point. Townhouse comes in 45L and nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo listings sit outside those groups. Lagerstroemia indica is the straight species, seed grown, so flower colour varies plant to plant across pink, mauve and white, and it is the mildew prone one the hybrids were bred to improve on. Order a matched row out of one batch. Enduring Summer Red is the repeat flowering selection, on a smaller frame than the Indian Summer trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich grade to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive listings start at 140mm, about one and a half litres: Natchez, Biloxi, Lipan, Acoma and Hopi. Across the whole range, 400mm and 200L are each offered on seventeen listings, and 45L and 300mm on fifteen. A 400mm pot holds close to 35 litres. Seven listings never come smaller than 45L, among them Townhouse, Zuni Bush form in 600L, and both Natchez multi stem lines. Bare root appears twice, on Comanche and on \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lagerstroemia-natchez-crepe-myrtle-bush-form\"\u003eNatchez Bush form\u003c\/a\u003e. It is lifted dormant in winter and wants prepared ground on arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIf it has to be Natchez\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe base listing runs from 140mm through to 1500L, a wider span than anything else here. Tree form is a single clear trunk, from 200mm. Bush form is several stems rising from ground level, from 300mm. Multi trunk is one tree trained low so that three or more permanent leaders rise from near the ground, in 200L and 500L only. Multi planted is several young plants set together in one container, 200L to 500L. The last two photograph almost identically and are not the same thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything on this page is deciduous, so anyone after a screen that still works in July wants \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/privacy-screening\"\u003eprivacy screening\u003c\/a\u003e instead. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lagerstroemia-speciosa-queens-crepe-myrtle\"\u003eLagerstroemia speciosa\u003c\/a\u003e, the Queens crepe myrtle, is the tropical species, and frost knocks it back. The guide keeps it to far north Queensland, and its own page reaches no further south than Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and the warm northern New South Wales coast. Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Ballarat, Adelaide, the Adelaide Hills and Perth all want a hybrid from the groups above. Pruning, spacing and mildew are handled in the \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/crepe-myrtle-selection-and-care\"\u003ecrepe myrtle guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lagerstroemia-biloxi-crepe-myrtle-tree-form","title":"Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia Biloxi Tree form","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the American hybrid crepe myrtles, Biloxi sits at the taller end of the range, which is why it is grown as a tree form on a clear trunk rather than as a shrub. It came out of the United States National Arboretum breeding work and carries Lagerstroemia fauriei parentage, and that brings two real advantages: strong resistance to the powdery mildew that turns older indica plantings grey by late summer, and cinnamon to dark brown bark that peels away in sheets as the trunk matures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlowers are soft pale pink in long crinkled panicles through summer, followed by orange and red autumn tones before the leaves drop. The vase shaped frame lifts as the tree ages, so a street planting eventually clears sightlines and traffic on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune in winter by thinning twiggy growth and old seed heads. Do not top it back to knuckles, which destroys the trunk line you bought the tree form for. Full sun is not negotiable; shade cuts flowering and brings the mildew straight back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 330mm up to 150L, priced from $149.00 to $1099.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/crepe-myrtle-selection-and-care\"\u003echoosing and caring for crepe myrtles\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"150L","offer_id":64309027832177,"sku":null,"price":1099.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64309027897713,"sku":null,"price":289.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64309027930481,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64309027963249,"sku":null,"price":449.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309027996017,"sku":null,"price":209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/n8fo6xuEtGFqmpcWByiJZ_q71EcpBm.jpg?v=1787628281"},{"product_id":"lagerstroemia-fauriei-fantasy-crepe-myrtle","title":"Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia fauriei Fantasy","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost crepe myrtles are planted for the flower. This one is worth planting for the trunk. Old bark flakes away in sheets to leave a smooth cinnamon to mahogany surface underneath, and because the tree is deciduous, that trunk is on show right through winter when the garden has little else going on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLagerstroemia fauriei is taller and more upright than the common indica types, with a vase-shaped crown that lifts cleanly for a street tree or a driveway avenue. Flowers come as loose white panicles through summer, followed by orange and red autumn tones. It also carries real resistance to powdery mildew, the fault that spoils so many older crepe myrtles in humid gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun, low to moderate water, moderate growth. Prune only to lift the canopy and take out crossing wood. The hard heading cuts that crepe myrtles are so often given destroy the smooth branch structure and the bark character that are the reason for choosing this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 400mm up to 300L, priced from $239.00 to $1659.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/crepe-myrtle-selection-and-care\"\u003echoosing and caring for crepe myrtles\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"150L","offer_id":64309029962097,"sku":null,"price":889.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300L","offer_id":64309030027633,"sku":null,"price":1659.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64309030125937,"sku":null,"price":239.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309030158705,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64309030191473,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400L","offer_id":64446148411761,"sku":null,"price":7269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64446148444529,"sku":null,"price":1659.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64446148477297,"sku":null,"price":389.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/3rGIfx3gvK3eWgFW_jWom_PQ7TzZFO.jpg?v=1787628343"},{"product_id":"lagerstroemia-indian-summer-crepe-myrtle","title":"Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia Indian Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003eIndian Summer is a range, not a single cultivar. The name covers the group of mildew resistant Lagerstroemia indica crossed with fauriei hybrids grown in Australia, which includes selections such as Natchez, Tuscarora, Sioux and Biloxi, each with its own flower colour, mature size and bark tone. At 300 litres you are buying one grown specimen, so confirm which selection is actually in stock before you build a colour scheme around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat the whole range shares is worth having: long summer flowering in crinkled panicles, smooth exfoliating bark that keeps working through winter once the trunk is old enough to shed, orange and red autumn colour, and far less of the grey mildew that plagued the older seedling crepe myrtles. They flower on new wood, so a light winter thin is all that is needed; hard heading back only produces whippy shoots and heavy flower heads that fold over in summer rain. Full sun, and they take dry ground once established. Flat $99 delivery to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA, minimum order $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 300L, at $4399.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/crepe-myrtle-selection-and-care\"\u003echoosing and caring for crepe myrtles\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300L","offer_id":64309030945137,"sku":null,"price":4399.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/tecWC_Tt7wpxbnOU-vpIP_00DeEvFo.jpg?v=1787628342"},{"product_id":"lagerstroemia-moonlight-magic-crepe-myrtle","title":"Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia Moonlight Magic","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew crepe myrtles carry dark foliage, and that is the whole reason this one exists. Moonlight Magic pushes new growth in a deep purple-black that holds through the warm months, then sets clean white flower panicles against it, a far sharper contrast than the usual green leaf and pink flower combination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt belongs to the Magic series, bred for compact frames and coloured leaves, so it suits smaller gardens, courtyard features, large pots and narrow verges rather than big avenue work. Deciduous, moderate in growth, and content with low to moderate water once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun is not negotiable. In part shade the leaves drift back toward green and flowering thins out, which is the most common complaint about dark-leaved crepe myrtles. White flowers also brown off after heavy summer rain, so put it where you will not be staring at spent panicles from the kitchen window. Autumn colour follows before leaf fall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"420mm","offer_id":64309034975601,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Hi1koqrNGnzovZxxzg2k6_n4RA2rnW.jpg?v=1787628344"},{"product_id":"lagerstroemia-natchez-crepe-myrtle-bush-form","title":"Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia Natchez Bush form","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bark does as much work here as the flowers. Natchez sheds in long strips to a dark cinnamon brown that holds all through winter, and grown as a bush form with several stems rising from ground level you see a great deal more of it than you ever would on a single trunk tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlowers are white, carried in big crinkled panicles through summer, and the foliage turns orange to red before it drops. It is one of the more vigorous American hybrids, so give it room; a bush form Natchez wants space to spread its stems, not a narrow bed hard against a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThin the basal shoots each winter back to the number of trunks you want and rub off new ones as they appear, otherwise the base congests into a thicket and the bark is lost inside it. Be patient in spring too, because it leafs out later than almost everything around it and every year somebody decides it has died. Full sun, moderate water while young, largely self sufficient after that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 300mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $35.95 to $1439.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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The effect is a wide, vase shaped canopy carried on several slim stems rather than one thick trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatchez opens pure white crepe flowers through the hottest weeks of summer and follows them with orange to red autumn tones before dropping. Its real asset is the bark. Mature stems shed to a smooth cinnamon brown that looks better in winter than the tree does in leaf, which is why it suits a lit courtyard, a driveway entry or anywhere it will be seen bare. Full sun is not negotiable. Shade or crowded planting brings on powdery mildew, and while Natchez is one of the more resistant selections and holds up better than the older Indian Summer types, it is not immune. Keep mulch off the stems, and resist cutting back to knuckles each winter, since that ruins the bark display you paid for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 200L up to 500L, priced from $1899.00 to $4949.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/crepe-myrtle-selection-and-care\"\u003echoosing and caring for crepe myrtles\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"500L","offer_id":64309035663729,"sku":null,"price":4949.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309035696497,"sku":null,"price":1899.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300L","offer_id":64309035729265,"sku":null,"price":2719.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/sbOFiRHQZoB0Dn6njMHX4_zLI7cgzH.jpg?v=1787628409"},{"product_id":"lagerstroemia-natchez-crepe-myrtle-multi-trunk","title":"Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia Natchez Multi trunk","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot sure how this differs from the multi planted version? Multi trunk is a single tree trained low so that three or more permanent leaders rise from near ground level, giving a cleaner and more sculptural framework than a group of separate plants ever will. Landscape architects usually specify it when the tree sits in a raised bed or against a wall and the trunks are meant to be looked at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpect white summer flowers in large panicles at the branch tips, mid green leaves that turn orange and red before falling, and smooth cinnamon bark that peels in strips through the warmer months. It is deciduous, so plan for winter light through the canopy and for leaf drop into pools and gutters. Water it properly through the first two summers to set the root plate, then it copes on very little. Do not top it. Crepe myrtle answers hard heading cuts with whippy regrowth that flops under wet flowers. Flat $99 delivery to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA on orders over $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200L up to 500L, priced from $1699.00 to $12109.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/crepe-myrtle-selection-and-care\"\u003echoosing and caring for crepe myrtles\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"500L","offer_id":64309036089713,"sku":null,"price":12109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309036122481,"sku":null,"price":1699.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/l1nVsA2_oj7x7NZyKYill_x6mo1ZyQ.jpg?v=1787628343"},{"product_id":"lagerstroemia-natchez-crepe-myrtle-tree-form","title":"Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia Natchez Tree form","description":"\u003cp\u003eCouncils and civil landscapers order Natchez in tree form because a single clear trunk keeps vehicle and pedestrian sightlines open and can be maintained by a contractor with a pole saw. Above the standard the head opens into a broad vase that throws light summer shade and lets winter sun back through to footpaths and windows. Flowering is white, heavy, and lands in the hottest part of summer when little else is doing anything. The bark is the year round feature, shedding to a smooth mottled cinnamon that reads well down a row. Two practical notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpent flowers and the small seed capsules behind them do drop, so it is a poor choice directly over outdoor dining or a pale driveway.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt needs open sun. A tree squeezed between buildings grows thin and mildews in humid summers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eStocked here in genuinely useful street tree sizes, including advanced and super advanced material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 7 sizes, from 200mm up to 200L, priced from $38.95 to $1659.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/crepe-myrtle-selection-and-care\"\u003echoosing and caring for crepe myrtles\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309036712305,"sku":null,"price":1659.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30L","offer_id":64309036745073,"sku":null,"price":169.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64309036777841,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64309036876145,"sku":null,"price":369.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64309036908913,"sku":null,"price":749.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309036941681,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309036974449,"sku":null,"price":38.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"800L","offer_id":64446148510065,"sku":null,"price":14309.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/62U9R2YZMiS9TbO2T_gxb_rs8V6HhO.jpg?v=1787628343"},{"product_id":"lagerstroemia-speciosa-queens-crepe-myrtle","title":"Queens Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia speciosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is not the crepe myrtle for Canberra, Ballarat or the Adelaide Hills. Lagerstroemia speciosa is the tropical species, at home in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and warm coastal northern New South Wales, and it sulks or dies back where frost bites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything about it runs larger than the indica hybrids: broad leathery leaves that can be the length of your hand, thick trunks, and crinkled flowers in mauve through to deep pink carried in upright heads over the wet season. It is deciduous, and in the subtropics that drop is brief, often preceded by red and bronze leaf colour before the new flush pushes. Use it as a shade tree over lawn, a street tree in a warm council area, or a single specimen where you want presence rather than a small ornamental. Give it full sun and room to spread. Once established it handles dry spells well, but young trees want steady water through their first summers, and it resents being planted into cold, heavy, waterlogged ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 100L up to 200L, priced from $649.00 to $1159.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/crepe-myrtle-selection-and-care\"\u003echoosing and caring for crepe myrtles\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309038154097,"sku":null,"price":1159.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64309038186865,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Fcmb8K-YMDfoMGmiUQ9b1_0xmW8QZR.jpg?v=1787628344"},{"product_id":"lagerstroemia-twilight-magic-crepe-myrtle","title":"Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia Twilight Magic","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere Moonlight Magic sets white flowers against dark leaves, Twilight Magic goes the other way and puts deep purple to violet flowers over the same near-black burgundy foliage. The effect is heavier and more saturated, and it reads particularly well against pale render or light paving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSame breeding, same habits: a compact frame from the Magic series, moderate growth, deciduous with autumn colour before leaf fall, and low to moderate water once the roots are down. Full sun does two jobs here, holding the foliage colour and driving flower numbers, so a shaded position simply wastes the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 420mm advanced standard arrives with its leader and framework already formed, which is what you want for a street tree or a repeated feature down a driveway. Keep pruning light, thinning and tidying rather than heading back. 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Flowering is coral to watermelon pink, carried in crinkled panicles through the hottest weeks of summer, and the trunks shed each year to a mottle of fawn and light cinnamon. That pairing of hot season flower and clean winter bark is why it turns up on nature strips and median plantings across the eastern states.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHeat, sun and air movement\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTuscarora flowers hardest where summers are long and hot, which covers most of Queensland, western Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and the inland towns of Victoria and New South Wales. Cool coastal gardens still grow it, but the panicles come later and thinner. Full sun is not negotiable. Soil can be ordinary provided it drains, and on heavy clay it pays to plant high on a raised mound rather than into a sunken hole that holds water. Water is low to moderate once the roots have run out into the surrounding soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe failure mode is a shaded, still corner. Squeezed against a fence under taller trees, or set into a courtyard with no air moving through it, Tuscarora sets few flowers and the new growth greys over with powdery mildew. The fauriei parentage gives it more mildew resistance than the old indica seedlings, but resistance is not immunity and shade plus stagnant air will beat it. It also leafs out very late in spring, well after everything around it, which every year convinces somebody theirs has died.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSummer flower where the pears give spring\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing else in this batch is in full flower in February, so if the job is a verge or driveway tree the honest comparison is against the spring blossom trees. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-capital\"\u003eOrnamental Pear Capital\u003c\/a\u003e gives white flower on bare wood in early spring and holds a far narrower column, so it wins where the gap between house and fence is tight and the display can happen in September. Tuscarora is the pick where you want colour in the months you are actually outside, and where the mottled bark will be seen at close range. For a native with a hot season display, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/brachychiton-jerilderie-red\"\u003eBrachychiton Jerilderie Red\u003c\/a\u003e flowers red on bare branches but needs considerably more room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLate winter pruning, and why not to lop it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrepe myrtle flowers on wood grown in the current season, so prune in late winter before the buds move. Take out crossing and inward growth, shorten the previous season's flowered tips back to a pair of buds, and lift the lower limbs if you want the trunks on show. What it will not forgive is having the head cut back to stubs, which returns whippy shoots, flower heads that flop in summer rain, and a frame that never recovers. Feed once in early spring with a balanced slow release fertiliser, going easy on the nitrogen, which pushes leaf at the expense of panicles, and rub off basal suckers as they appear. More of the range sits under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/crepe-myrtle\"\u003ecrepe myrtle\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 19 sizes, from 200mm up to 900L, priced from $35.95 to $10069.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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Prune lightly for shape in late winter; cutting the head back to stumps ruins the branch structure permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 7 sizes, from 200mm up to 1600L, priced from $36.95 to $16499.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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It belongs to the group of hybrids raised by crossing the familiar Lagerstroemia indica with L. fauriei, breeding work done specifically to bring in mildew resistance and better bark, and it flowers in the coral to deep pink range through the hot months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBark is a genuine feature. It peels through summer to leave a smooth, mottled cinnamon trunk that carries the tree once the leaves have dropped, and autumn colour comes in the warm tones before that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull sun, or you will get leaf and very little flower.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrune lightly in winter to shape and remove crossing wood. Never cut the head back to stubs, which wrecks the branch structure and gives whippy growth that flops under wet flowers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRub off basal suckers as they appear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBare root stock is lifted while dormant in winter, so get it into prepared ground promptly on arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 300mm up to Bare Root Small, priced from $56.95 to $1309.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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Advanced stock runs to 300L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 400mm up to 300L, priced from $249.00 to $1659.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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And it should never be topped: cutting the framework back to stubs produces knuckled joints and whippy growth that flops the moment it carries flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull sun, low to moderate water, and it flowers hardest where air moves freely around the canopy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 400mm up to 200L, priced from $229.00 to $1579.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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Thin out crossing wood and spent seed heads instead, and let the smooth mottled trunk develop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnduring Summer Red is one of the repeat flowering selections, bred to push crinkled red flower heads over a long warm season rather than one short burst. It is deciduous, so expect bare branches through winter, usually after a run of orange and red autumn colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing smaller in frame than the big Indian Summer trees, it suits narrow verges, courtyards and median strips where a full sized crepe myrtle needs constant cutting back. Full sun is the requirement that actually matters. In shade you get leaves, mildew and very little flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 200mm up to 400mm, priced from $29.95 to $239.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. 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