Catawba Purple Crape Myrtle
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It is a perennial, flowering large shrub or small tree, see how the Catawba purple crape myrtle looks like in the garden and landscape.
Catawba Purple Crape Myrtle is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. Other winter zone scales for planting this myrtle are ANBG: 1, 2, 3, 4; RHS: H6, H5, H4, H3, H2; PHZ: 8a, 8b, 9a.
Myrtle details
| Plant type | tree, shrub, berry, flowering, edible berry, hedges | ||||||||
| Life cycle | perennial | ||||||||
| Sun needs | full sun, part sun | ||||||||
| Growth habit | upright | ||||||||
| Flowering period | summer | ||||||||
| Height at maturity | 3 m - 4 m | ||||||||
| Spread | 3 m - 4 m | ||||||||
| Spacing | 2 m apart for solid hedge; 15 feet (4.5m) apart for space between trees | ||||||||
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty | ||||||||
| Soil moist/drainage | well drained | ||||||||
| Soil PH | 5.0 - 6.5 (strongly acidic - neutral) | ||||||||
| Water needs | average, low when established | ||||||||
| Maintenance / care | low | ||||||||
| Resistance to | deer, disease, drought, heat, mildew | ||||||||
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Catawba Purple Crape Myrtle @ wikipedia.
Catawba Purple Crape Myrtle in the landscape and gardening
