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Crape myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica

Crape myrtle
Photo: Gabriel Collares · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A small tree with pink, red or white flowers all summer, good autumn colour and smooth, peeling bark.

Light
Full sun (6 h or more)
Height
3–6 m
Watering
Moderate: 2–3 times a week in summer
Soil
loose and well-drained
Edible?
No: ornamental
How to plant
Dig a 60×60 cm hole with compost; 4 m from other trees. Water deeply after planting.
Care
Flowers on new wood, so prune in late winter. Needs summer heat; in cool, damp spots it gets mildew.

Calendar by climate

Warm coast
Mild Mediterranean
Southern interior
Continental interior
Cold interior and uplands
Atlantic
Canary Islands (subtropical)
SowPlantHarvestPruneFeedTreat

Dates are for growing outdoors, based on the local climate. In a greenhouse or tunnel everything comes earlier.

Feeding and doses

Mild Mediterranean

Not needed.

Pest prevention and doses

Mild Mediterranean

  • Powdery mildewWettable sulphur · Jun2–3 g / L

Approximate doses: always follow the product label. Spray in the evening, never in full sun or on flowers visited by bees. No sulphur above 30 °C.

How easy to grow by climate

  • Warm coastEasy
  • Mild MediterraneanEasy
  • Southern interiorEasy
  • Continental interiorNeeds regular careFrost and a short season
  • Cold interior and uplandsDifficultHard, long frosts
  • AtlanticNeeds regular careRain and humidity: fungal disease
  • Canary Islands (subtropical)Easy

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