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Hardiness: USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Color: Violet/Lavender
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer
Foliage: Grown for foliage Deciduous Smooth-Textured Good Fall Color
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping
On Jul 14, 2006, crowellli from Houston, TX (Zone 9a) wrote:
This is the best crepe myrtle I've ever grown. It is not bothered by the mildew and fungal problems that almost every other one I've tried has been plagued with. It does get very large, in excess of 20 feet tall, so allow it room to grow.
Hello. I bought 6 of these Myrtles last summer - 2005 and planted them immediately in my back yard. They grew like weeds. You should see them now. They must have grown over 12 ft. tall in just one year! I believe these will grow 25, maybe 30 ft. or more (in time). I am so excited. It is now June 8, 2006 and all of them are ready to bloom (the first time I get to see them bloom). They really grew fast!
Basham Party Pink is our favorite crepe myrtle. Have been growing it since Southern Living featured it growing in Houston, about 20 years ago. We are in Edmond, OK. It blooms from mid-June until frost. We grow many kinds of crepe myrtles, but this one is the best. It grows 20 feet tall, with heavy pancles of bloom . Blooms are a beautiful shade of lavender pink.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Fountain, Florida Kissimmee, Florida Cookeville, Tennessee Alice, Texas Brownsville, Texas College Station, Texas Houston, Texas San Antonio, Texas
