Early Bird Purple Crape Myrtle
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It is a perennial, flowering shrub, see how the Early bird purple crape myrtle looks like in the garden and landscape.
Early Bird Purple Crape Myrtle is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a. Other winter zone scales for planting this myrtle are ANBG: 1, 2, 3; RHS: H6, H5, H4, H3, H2; PHZ: 8a, 8b, 9a.
Myrtle details
| Plant type | shrub, flowering, hedges, containers | ||||||||
| Life cycle | perennial | ||||||||
| Sun needs | full sun, part sun | ||||||||
| Growth habit | upright, fountain shape, bushy | ||||||||
| Flowering period | summer | ||||||||
| Height at maturity | 2 m - 2 m | ||||||||
| Spread | 2 m - 2 m | ||||||||
| Spacing | 1 m apart for solid hedges; 8' (2.4m) or more apart for space between plants | ||||||||
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty | ||||||||
| Soil moist/drainage | well drained moist, well drained | ||||||||
| Soil PH | 5.0 - 6.0 (strongly acidic - slightly acidic) | ||||||||
| Water needs | average, lower when established | ||||||||
| Maintenance / care | low | ||||||||
| Resistance to | deer, disease, drought, heat, insect, humidity | ||||||||
| Gardens types | container | ||||||||
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Early Bird Purple Crape Myrtle @ wikipedia.
Early Bird Purple Crape Myrtle in the landscape and gardening
