Lavender Lace™ Black Diamond® Crape Myrtle - 2 Gallon

Lavender Lace™ Black Diamond® Crape myrtles are a revolutionary series with stunning near-black foliage crowned with masses of beautiful light purple blooms. Low-maintenance and drought tolerant, Lavender Lace Black Diamonds bring beauty to every garden.

Ideas for Use: Attractive flowering hedges or beautiful trees to line your driveway or fence, Black Diamonds are also perfect planted in decorative pots to place on your deck, porch or balcony.

Hardiness Zone: 

Zone 2-5: Landscape annual or patio containers

Zone 6: Perennial performance with mulch in fall

Zones 7-11: Flowering tree or shrub

Bloom time: early summer 'til first frost

Light: full sun

Water: keep soil moist until established (usually 1 growing season), mature plants are drought tolerant

Size: 12 ft. H x 8 ft. W

Prune: To shape in late winter or early spring

Fertilize: Slow release granular recommended