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Crape Myrtle Twilight Magic Trees for Sale Online
Twilight Myrtle Midnight Magic™ (Lagerstroemia 'PIILAG-VIII') produces superb coral-pink-colored flowers and offers loads of dark purple-burgundy foliage all summer. This plant is not shy when it comes to height and width. It can grow over 16 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide.
Due to its height and showstopping colors, this plant goes best as a specimen plant or for foundation planting. When living in mild winter areas, Crape Myrtles can also be very effective as a screen or informal hedge.
Crape myrtles bloom on new wood and should always be pruned in winter or early spring. A full sun lover, this tree will grow easily in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils. Like other Magic Crape Myrtles, Twilight Magic is extremely resistant to powdery mildew and leaf spot.
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Hardiness Zone: | 6-9 |
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Mature Height: | 15 to 18 feet |
Mature Width: | 6 to 8 feet |
Sunlight: | Full Sun |
Habit: | Deciduous, densely branched, multi-stemmed summer through the first frost |
Flower Color: | Coral-pink |
Foliage: | New growth emerges a rich reddish purple, eventually turning dark purple |
Soil Condition: | Any well drained soil |
Water Requirements: | Water well until established |
Uses: | extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting |