Plant Type: Tree
Foliage Character: Winter deciduous
Habit: Upright, Multi-trunk, Low-branching
Growth Rate: Moderate, Slow
Foliage Color: Medium green, Yellow, Seasonal yellow, Seasonal red, Seasonal orange
Flower Color: Red, Pink, White, Lavender, Magenta
Flower Season: Summer
Soil Adaptations: Loam, Deep soil, Clay
Exposure Adaptations: Morning sun, Heat, Frost, Aridity, All day sun, Partial sun
Function: Specimen, Parks and open space, Foundations, Foliage accent plant, Flowering accent plant, Civic spaces, Small spaces
Height: 6 ft. – 30 ft.
Width: 10 ft. – 30 ft.
Crape myrtles grown in the Inland Empire can be sustained with normal winter rainfall and regular amounts of summer water. Deep watering is recommended from spring through fall in order to sustain the best flowering performance and help maintain good foliage character. It should be noted there are several winter months marked by an asterisk (*) when rains can provide sufficient moisture and irrigation is not needed. The high and low range of moisture indicates it can grow with varying amounts of water depending upon exposure conditions and size.
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Aug |
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Oct |
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Dec* |
Runs per Month |
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0x to 3x |
0x to 3x |
2x to 3x |
2x to 3x |
3x to 4x |
3x to 4x |
3x to 4x |
2x to 3x |
2x to 3x |
0x to 3x |
0x to 3x |
Inches per Run |
1″ |
1″ |
1″ |
1″ |
1″ |
1″ |
1″ |
1″ |
1″ |
1″ |
1″ |
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Inches per Month |
0″ to 3″ |
0″ to 3″ |
0″ to 3″ |
2″ to 3″ |
2″ to 3″ |
3″ to 4″ |
3″ to 4″ |
3″ to 4″ |
2″ to 3″ |
2″ to 3″ |
0″ to 3″ |
0″ to 3″ |
Range of supplemental summer water: 17"-24"
Range of supplemental winter water: 0"-15"
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2″-3″ |
3″-4″ |
3″-4″ |
3″-4″ |
2″-3″ |
2″-3″ |
0″-3″ |
0″-3″ |
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For more information on how to use this Irrigation Schedule and Graph, follow this link.
For information how to calculate your irrigation system’s schedule and precipitation rate, please follow this link.
Choose to plant newer, powdery mildew resistant varieties (S). Plan to prune when young as needed to establish good long-term structure. Crape Myrtles can be pruned as either a single or multi-trunk tree, but is normally seen as a single trunk tree in Southern California. This tree will send up shoots, called suckers, abundantly from both the base of the tree and fewer growing up out of the root system further away from the trunk. Prune both of these out, as soon as they are noticed, any time of the year (D).
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