Best Red™ Black Diamond® Crape Myrtle - 2 Gallon

Want a classic look? You can’t go wrong with Black Diamond® Best Red™. Like a garnet necklace paired with a little black dress or bold bright red lipstick, Best Red™ is the perfect summer garden accessory. Striking ebony foliage and vivid crimson blooms add instant drama with just the right amount of class to the garden. And with a maximum size of 10-12 feet tall and 8 feet wide, Best Red™ won’t take over the entire landscape. Black Diamond® Best Red™ is perfect as a statement piece for petite landscapes or for mass planting on larger properties. masses of brilliant jewel-toned blooms from Summer until the first frost. 

Best Red™ Black Diamond® Crape Myrtles are a revolutionary series with stunning near-black foliage crowned with masses of vivacious red blooms. Low-maintenance and drought tolerant, Best Red™ Black Diamonds bring beauty to every garden.

Features:

• Low maintenance
• Drought tolerant once established
• Highly resistant to mildew

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.

Disclaimer: When you first unpack your Black Diamond; the blooms may start out white - to pink for the first couple of weeks. This is due to being in a dark box away from the sunlight this plant craves. You may trim or wait for the red blooms to appear.

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