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Lagerstroemia indica 'Rubra Magnifica' - Crape Myrtle
€59.95
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The Crape Myrtle cultivar 'Rubra Magnifica' (Lagerstroemia indica) opens its upright flower panicles in late summer and fall. The flowers have a vivid pink to red color that fades to pretty pale pink as the flowers age. Fresh leaves in spring are reddish when emerging. It has an attractive bark which flakes off in thin plates, exposing a trunk with handsome color shades.
General information:
As soon as you cross the Alps on your way south, the roads are lined with rows of Crape Myrtles (Lagerstroemia indica). The small trees or multi-stemmed shrubs provide late summer flowering highlights on both sides of the Alps. Depending on the weather, the bloom with the characteristic crinkled petals starts in August or September with panicles up to 20 cm long. The deciduous trees (they presumably originate from China and not from India) tolerate moderate frost. You can even plant them out in the garden in stony-loamy soil. If the tips of the shoots freeze back in severe winters, this is completely unproblematic, since the branches should be cut back vigorously every year in March/April anyway: The flowers appear at the end of one year old shoots/shoots grown in the same year.
Quality
Mediterranean classic with prolific flowering in fall; attractive trunk with peeling bark; easy to care for & undemandingUse:
in pots from March to November outside on balcony, terrace and in the garden with overwintering indoors; all year round in unheated conservatories; planted out in the garden (with winter protection)Pflege im Winter:
Pflege im Sommer:
LAI-105B
Data sheet
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Origin
- Asia (mediterranean)
- Flowering period
- Autumn
- Color of flowers
- Red
- Growth
- Tree or shrub
- Location
- Sunny
- winter temperature
- 5 (+/- 5) °C
- Minimum temperature
- -15 °C
- Hardiness Zones
- 7
- Height
- 4 - 5 m
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The Crape Myrtle cultivar 'Rubra Magnifica' (Lagerstroemia indica) opens its upright flower panicles in late summer and fall. The flowers have a vivid pink to red color that fades to pretty pale pink as the flowers age. Fresh leaves in spring are reddish when emerging. It has an attractive bark which flakes off in thin plates, exposing a trunk with handsome color shades.