Name: The popular Crape Myrtle tree, with its brilliant summer ... and darkly hued foliage. Examples are: 'Dynamite' and 'Red Rocket,' both with red flowers and reaching 20 feet tall.

Finally, in 1996, he released ‘Dynamite,’ the first crape myrtle on the market with true-red flowers. These are not pinkish red or purplish red, but fire-engine red. Three years later, ...

Crape Myrtle is a woody shrub or small specimen ... but dwarf forms are available. “Dynamite” is a red variety that is fairly hardy in the Ohio valley and “Enduring Summer” is a new ...

What it is: Dynamite is one of the cold-toughest of that common Southern landscape tree, the crape myrtle, one rated to ... It produces clusters of salmony-red flowers from July to September.

The medium-sized crape myrtles with red flowers that were recognized were Country Redland Dynamite. For a tall crape myrtle with red flowers, Parsons identified Red Rocket. Red Rocket has a high ...

However, today a different plant is increasingly appearing on the gardening scene: the Indian crape myrtle. Once thought to ...

Finally, about a decade ago, after years more work, Whitcomb introduced Dynamite, the first crape myrtle with true red flowers. Since then, several red cultivars have been developed, and some ...

But I've never known a `Natchez' or any crape myrtle to change bloom color. I asked around for an explanation. While one source noted that `Dynamite,' a red crape, may show some white in its ...

Just call on crape myrtle. Not a sexy name, but definitely a don't-miss-me kind of plant, with its panicles of red, pink purple or white that burst into bloom just when most trees and shrubs have ...

Q: I have a 'Red Rocket' crape myrtle that's a little over a year old. It takes the brunt of the winds from the north. Should I enclose it in burlap to provide some protection since it is still ...

The color of the flowers on your crape myrtle is a good indicator of how much your plants will bloom. The spectrum runs from lavender through red. Lavender selections usually bloom the most ...

Norfolk’s is “the only national collection of crape myrtle in the nation,” according to O’Neil. Crape myrtle 101 With the large number of varieties available, selecting a crape myrtle is ...