Remove spent blooms to encourage reblooming.
#Cherry dazzle crape myrtle full
Crape myrtles perform best in full sun and a wide variety of soil conditions. This variety is a great addition as a border plant, hedge, or foundation planting and also performs well in a container.Ī low maintenance choice for just about any landscape! 'Cherry Dazzle®' is disease, pest and mildew resistant and drought tolerant once established, making it a top choice for gardens where a traditional crape myrtle may be too large. Once fall arrives, your 'Cherry Dazzle®' crape myrtle will shed its flowers and reveal a stunning display of shiny red, orange and purple leaves. The showy blossoms attract all types of winged friends!Ī showstopper all season long! Nestled among upright limbs and dark, bronze-green foliage, huge clusters of cherry red flowers cover the entire plant during the summer months. Crape Myrtles have massive blooms and continue blooming long other plants have finished for the year. (Unusually spelled names in parentheses are the names by which the plants were patented.A perfect addition to your butterfly garden.
#Cherry dazzle crape myrtle series
A dwarf Crape Myrtle, Cherry Dazzle grows to be 3-5' tall and wide. Introduced in 2006, the cultivars in the Razzle Dazzle series crape myrtles are: Cherry Dazzle, cherry-red blooms.
New leaves are bronze which will mature to green, is a beautiful compact dwarf crape myrtle shrub.
Only gene testing could tell us the real facts. There are many cultivars/varieties that are identical to others with different names. No one will probably ever have a complete list of all the crape myrtle varieties. The flower clusters at the top were from varieties growing to mature heights of less than 5 ft., while flowers at the bottom of the photo were from varieties that will grow to be 20 ft. Its small size makes it an ideal choice for the smaller garden and also a great plant for pots and planter boxes. To show the incredible diversity within crape myrtles, this photograph was taken in a crape myrtle nursery in Celina, Texas, on June 30, while they were in peak bloom of summer. Cherry Dazzle Crape Myrtle is a dwarf form which reaches just 3 feet in height.