Purple Magic Crape Myrtle
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It is a perennial, flowering shrub, see how the Purple magic crape myrtle looks like in the garden and landscape.
Purple Magic Crape Myrtle is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. Other winter zone scales for planting this myrtle are ANBG: 1, 2, 3; RHS: H6, H5, H4, H3; PHZ: 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a.
Myrtle details
| Plant type | shrub, flowering, hedges | ||||||||
| Life cycle | perennial | ||||||||
| Sun needs | full sun, part sun | ||||||||
| Growth habit | upright | ||||||||
| Flowering period | summer | ||||||||
| Height at maturity | 2 m - 3 m | ||||||||
| Spread | 2 m - 3 m | ||||||||
| Spacing | 2 m for solid hedge; 12' (3.6m) for space between plants | ||||||||
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty | ||||||||
| Soil moist/drainage | moderately drained, well drained | ||||||||
| Soil PH | 5.0 - 6.5 (strongly acidic - neutral) | ||||||||
| Water needs | average, lower when established | ||||||||
| Maintenance / care | low | ||||||||
| Resistance to | deer, disease, drought, heat, humidity, mildew | ||||||||
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Purple Magic Crape Myrtle in the landscape and gardening
