Ebony Flame Crape Myrtle |
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Lythraceae Lagerstroemia Ebony Flame |
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Grows In | Zone 6A · -10° to -5° F through Zone 9B · 25° to 30° F Grows in Ashburn! (Learn More) |
Sun Exposure | Full / Mostly Sun |
Soil Drainage | Moderately Drained |
Flower Color | Red |
Blooms | Spring Blooms, Early Spring Blooms, Fall Foliage, Spring Foliage, Early Summer Blooms |
Foliage Color | Black |
Average Height | 8' to 10', 10' to 12' |
Average Width | 4' to 6' |
Attracts | Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
Ebony Flame Crape Myrtle is a moderate growing tree and perennial plant that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 6A through 9B. It matures to an average height of 8 feet to 12 feet and an average width of 4 feet to 6 feet, depending on climate and other environmental factors. It prefers growing in a location that provides full sun and grows best when planted in sand, loam, clay or silt soil that is moderately drained. In the spring Ebony Flame Crape Myrtle produces red flowers. The foliage is black in color.
Ebony Flame Crape Myrtle can be useful in the landscape along woodland borders, as a border or edger, as a background, around decks, swimming pools, and other outdoor living areas, as an accent, to provide shade, as a focal point, in landscape beds or islands or as a tree form shrub and also in cottage gardens, butterfly gardens or perennial gardens.