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.

€34.95
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LAI-103B
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Description

punkt_gruen.gif 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.

punkt_gruen.gif Quality: Mediterranean classic with prolific flowering in fall; attractive trunk with peeling bark; easy to care for & undemanding
punkt_gruen.gif Use: 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)

Product Details
LAI-103B

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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