Red Crepe Myrtle - Extremely Hot Hardy Gardening Beauty.

This is Red Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica), a nice shrub with lovely flowers, and they will look nice all year long. The Red Crepe Myrtle is a red flowering, shiny leafing, and beautiful barking plant that’s an ideal addition to any yard looking for color and is low maintenance. 3-4ft, perfect for borders, foundation beds, or an attractive specimen shrub with beautiful flowers and all-year-round interest.

Reminder of Red Crepe Myrtle :

Red Flowers: Red Crepe Myrtle has red flowers that dribble in the summer and brighten up your garden.
Plant height: his plant is about 3-4’ tall and works great for a smaller yard, as a groundcover, or an accent plant in beds and borders.
Interest All Year Round: Red Crepe Myrtle has beautiful flowers and scabs the bark off in winter to reveal a pristine white trunk for winter interest.
Easy to Keep and Low-Heat & Drought tolerant: For USDA zones 7-9, Red Crepe Myrtle is an easy to keep and heat-, drought- and soil-tolerant plant that is very easy to keep up when you plant it.
Pollinator Attractive: Red Crepe Myrtle is pink, attracting butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds to a great pollinator garden.

Benefits of Red Crepe Myrtle:

Longlasting Flowers: With awning red flowers, from midsummer to early fall, you get the same colors and interest year-round.
Drought-Treatment: Once established, the Red Crepe Myrtle will be drought-tolerant (no need for heavy watering) and easy to keep in a water-efficient garden.
Lovely Leaves and Bark: Apart from the beautiful flowers, the Red Crepe Myrtle has pretty green leaves that are reddish or yellow in the fall. The rough, flaking bark transforms your yard in winter.
Pollinator-Friendly: With multiple blooms, Red Crepe Myrtle is a good selection for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. It will also give a cheerful and environmentally friendly garden.

What’s Included:

Red Crepe Myrtle 3-4': Purchase a vigorous, well-established, 3-4ft Red Crepe Myrtle plant ready for your garden.

Planting and Care Instructions:

Where: The Red Crepe Myrtle likes full sun, so be sure to choose a sunny spot where it will flower well. It likes dry soil but can also be planted in clay, loam, or sandy soil.
Watering: Once or twice per week after set up. Once established, Red Crepe Myrtle doesn’t need as much watering and is easy to care for.
Trimming: Trim Red Crepe Myrtle in early spring, before the growth sprouts, so it holds shape and will bloom fuller. They can be pushed a little farther when you deadhead fallen flower.
Maintenance: Very little is done to this shrub except when it needs a little trimming. Clean off dead wood or flowers so they don’t have dirt on them, and they’ll sprout.

Which Red Crepe Myrtle is Good For You In Your Garden?

The Red Crepe Myrtle is a plant anyone wants that will give his garden some color, interest, and minimal care. Red flowers, frost hardiness, and low draught make it a low-maintenance, high-return landscape asset. Red Crepe Myrtle 3-4' will bring summer color to your garden and be a visitor plant as a specimen, in mass plantings, or as a fence and border plant.