Crape Myrtle Black Diamond® Best Red™ - 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.

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

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.