PlantFiles: Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica

I would love to plant one of these beautiful Arapaho Trees in a 3 foot wide planting hole in the middle of my fyll sun cement patio to provide some much needed shade. Does anyone have any thoughts on the nature of the roots and whether they will be a problem for the concrete foundation?

All the information I can find says to plant the root ball pretty shallow, but does that mean that the roots are at the surface as it grows? I certainly don't want to ruin my concrete.

I am in Denver, so I hope I can grow one here.

My neighbor and others in my area have these beautiful trees, and I have seen no mess from the leaves, or fallen blooms... They do little to no matenance on them at all and they have no sign of mildew or any fungus. Its very hot and humid here so Im thinking these will do beautifully. I bought 2 at walmart, of all places! They are thriving so far, Pink and a red one. The tag says 10 ft tall at maturity, I love them!

They are pretty and can be shaped and pruned. They add color when other things are having trouble w/ the TX heat and sometimes limited or excessive rain. They come in a variety of colors. I saw some wonderful RED ones near Hutto, TX and am wondering if anyone knows of a nursery to get them at?

I like the way these plants grow and the color it adds to the landscape. The drawbacks are the spent buds that drop all over the place at the end of the season and the tendency of the plant to get powdery mildew. I have seven of these in a row planted along the driveway here, and the first couple of years we moved in, they were great. The last two years, I've been battling white powdery mildew that at times gets so bad it looks like it's been flocked.

Planted a Catawba CM app 6 yrs ago - no problem till last
summer (very hot & dry) when I battled a fungus. Tree is in a
full sun locale but I had put up a privacy fence about 6ft from
it the year before, so it may have been an air circ problem.
Blooms beautifully, attracts many birds, butterflies, bees.
Seed pods eaten by goldfinches in winter here.

Planted an Arapaho CM last year (newest variety - gets to
about 20ft by 15ft with bright red blooms). Had it in a large
pot on my patio for a couple wks to acclimate & I got hum-
mingbirds for the first time! Here's hoping it thrives.

We have many mature Crape Myrtle's on our land (they were there when we moved). I was wondering if it is too late to prune? And can I just place some of the cuttings in water to get them to root? So I can have more? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

We planted a small, what I assumed to be, bush in our front yard last fall which we had dug up from the front of my mother in laws burnt down house. I didn't even know what it was!! lol Anyway, I was at a friends house when I noticed a tree in her back yard that resembled the little bushy mass that I had planted behind an oak in the front yard next to our porch. I was pleasantly surprised to discover what I had although now I am going to have to transplant this in another location. Can anyone tell me the best time to do this? We are located in south central Kentucky. Any advice would be appreciated!

Here in Orlando it's often planted along city roads but when the winter comes this tree turns into the ugliest sight for months without leaves. At least the Oleander is evergreen. Like IslandJim said some colors look flat (sort of like a plastic flower look).
My mother planted one in the front yard that's nice right now with an open form that looks like an exploding fireworks. It shall stay that height, around 5' feet otherwise I'll be tempted to cut it down or move it when it loses its leaves again.
Down in the Caribbean it's evergreen so it's not so bad but in Florida, I wish this city planted nicer evergreens instead of Crape Myrtles and those dull oaks they usually plant which are ugly the whole year.

New to this site. I just purchased 3 of these plants from Lowe's to use as a screen on the side of my driveway. I live behind a strip shopping center. The rear of the building is visible from my front porch. I liked the fact that they would get bushy, require little maintenance & flower. I'm hoping that they'll provide some cover for the finches that have been frequenting the small ornamental pond I have in my front yard. The lot has full southern exposure. I was concerned about the amount of sun they'll be getting, but if the folks out in Texas are growing them with ease, I don't think my Midwest sun will bother them at all. My neighbors are already loving them because of the color they're adding to the neighborhood. I have sandy soil with good drainage. I have great expectations for these bushes.

I am in central Maryland, and have several 10 yr old crapes. The largest has recently developed a problem in the foliage. The entire tree leafed out perfectly, but now, half of the tree(the south side), has leaves that are curled from stem to tip. They are green and supple. I see no visible pests, fungi, mildew, etc, and have shown it to my local extension service, who was unsure what the problem was. One suggestion was drought stress, another was frozen buds. Anyone had a similar issue with this?? Thanks in advance!!

I love this shrub/tree, but when does it start to show life here in eastern Kentucky?

Not a big fan. Tedious to properly maintain, prone to mildew, planted anywhere and everywhere. Show me one that's sixty feet tall and fifty feet wide and I'll be impressed. Oh, and please don't chop their tops off. You're basically killing the tree and growing suckers. Thin out crossing or inward growing branches, cut off seed spikes, maybe cut back a few of the taller branches by a foot or two. But don't turn it into a stump please! It's so ugly.

My first experience was when living in San Antonio, TX 20 years ago. The crape myrtle that we planted was always prone to fungal disease. I have since heard that there are varieties that are less affected. Would be interested in knowing a red variety of that ilk.

My grandmother's had a Crape Myrtle for many, many years, and only recently did I discover a volunteer growing- so I've potted it to possibly plant here at my house. It's beautiful when it does bloom, and a pretty tree when it isn't in bloom. It grows near our banana plants, and I've never come across any sap or drippings from the Crape Myrtle, nor seen anything "sticky" marring the top of the large banana leaves; maybe the ones that have sticky droppings are unhealthy?

Crape Myrtles wouldn't make good shade trees, but I think they'd work great for any "filtered light" plants to live beneath.

These trees are definitely deserving of their popularity! :)

This plant is cheap, and it requires no maintenance. That's why it's popular. Personally, I think it's a menace. I lived with one in my yard for eight years and hated it. I had to move away from the plant because I couldn't kill it. Near my new home is a park at which the city decided to plant these gnarly-looking weeds. They rain sticky sap all over the park benches, rendering them useless. Avoid this palnt at all costs! Don't get suckered into the crepe myrtle fad. The fad will pass, but the plant will be a menace forever!

Lagerstroemia indica is Naturalized in Texas and other States.

In this zone fast, easy growing plants are hard to come by. Where I live things don`t grow well from seed unless you have put a lot of time and money into the soil first. Not the crape Myrle, it took off a few weeks after I soaked them and are several inches tall a couple weeks after that, strait in the clay soil.

We love our crepe myrtles ! After frequent travel to the Carolinas, we fell in love with them. Purchased as small shrubs in 1 gallon pots down in the south, we thought they would not do well, initially. Especially since our boys trampled them over & over playing basketball nearby. Now in a new spot, they are doing fantastic! One is 12' tall with beautiful multicolored bark, the other is a mini shrub version that is sooooo prolific and about 3' x31/2'. They bloom up here later in summer (August on) when everything else is loosing altitude. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has a wonderful selection showing pruned & unpruned versions of them.

I inherited two mature crape myrtles planted together when I purchased this home. They are alongside the house with an eastern exposure, slightly downhill from the very sunny front yard. They do well in that protected spot and are quite lovely in full bloom. One is a bright bright pinky rose and the other is white.

My husband complains about how far they lean down over the driveway when they get heavy with blooms and it rains. He also complains about the pink petals all over the cars. I don't mind that so much.

We planted 2 Crepe Myrtles in our front flowerbeds about 4 yrs ago and they are just beautiful. Our neighbors comment on their beauty all the time. Very low maintenance as well.
I was weeding out the beds a month ago and noticed about 6 strange looking "weeds". As I examined them closer, I realized they were baby Crepes and so I tried transplanting one to the backyard but no success. My neighbor took 2 shoots and tried just placing them in water but no success. I will try the sandy pot method I read about here because I would love to grow more of these. I do have a question...should I be concerned about roots getting under our foundation?

I did my Graduate studies in Athens GA and feel in love with Crape Myrtles. I am now back in my hometown of Amelia, OH and know of only one home that has crape myrtles. An old home owned by an ederly woman and her myrtles are large, bush-like shrubs, protected by the rather large house. I have several crape myrtles that I planted last summer. Many of them were from the clearance area of Lowes garden section (burnt out from the summer heat), a few others were from Kentucky through an Ebay auction.
All have made it through a fairly mild winter. Likewise, my Dusty Miller has survived and now has yellow flowers in its second year. The Ebay crape myrtles had all died back to the ground where as the Lowe's crape myrtles did not and are producing growth on last year's branches. Also, one of the Ebay crapes had been mowed over in earlier spring( not by me!) and I thought it was dead, so I pulled it up, scratched the bark and saw a green cambium layer. I replanted it and after a good rain it put out a nice green branch.
Generally, crape myrtles do not grow in SW Ohio, so- so far so good. I believe the Lowes trees are bred to be hardier for this climate. I look forward to having grown trees full of blooms!

For many years I admired the mysterious bush my neighbors had gowing in front of their house. I used to think of it as a summer azalea, because that was what it resembled, superficially. When I finally asked my 90-year-old neighbor what the bush was, he explained that he had brought a cutting of it with him from Texas when his family moved up here to Rochester, NY (zone 6a-5b). I couldn't quite understand what he called it in Spanish, so it still took me awhile to figure out what the heck it was.

Once I found out that it was a crepe myrtle, I was intrigued, especially since I had never seen it growing up here. My neighbor's bush is about 3 feet high, despite a northwest exposure and winter storms that can drop 2 feet of snow. It comes back every year, mainly from the base, and blooms late summer.

Now, how to get one of my own? My neighbor gave me some fall cuttings, but I think the timing was wrong--they didn't take, even indoors. There aren't any crepe myrtle plants available at nurseries here, either. My only option was to start some mail-order seeds indoors during Winter 2005. I ended up planting out several vigorous plants with pretty pink, lavendar, and white blooms in a sheltered area of my garden. About half of them made it through winter 2006 and have resprouted this June. I'm excited to see how they will do this summer, and if they will get appreciatively bigger.

plant is located on south east corner of our house. It usualy dies back in the cold winter,but comes back in spring. their are about three in our nearest town that we have seen. we injoy this plant ,only wish it would not die back as much.

I grow this in a zone 5 climate, with protection from the wind from the north, and a southern exposure. It adds a beautiful end to summer here in northern Indiana.

This tree grows well with little maintenance in south Louisiana...hot and humid. We have over 30 various types lining our driveway and around the property and the only maintenance we've done is to prune suckers and cross-branches every year. It's not a big deal for us because we just take care of suckers when we're out cutting the grass. I can't stand to see a tree that's had its foliage lopped off down to the trunk. We prefer to let them form a more natural shape and only trim what is necessary to avoid a painful whack to the head while cutting grass on the tractor. My favorite is the Nachez because of its cinnamon colored bark and large clumps of white flowers. The only caveat I have for these trees is around a pool. We have one next to our pool and will be removing it this summer because of the "trash" it deposits into the pool. The small dead flowers and seed pod pieces go through the skimmer baskets and end up in the filter basket (sometimes in the filter) just before the pump...just more to clean out and maintain.

I planted it next to a fence so that it gets part shade until 11Am and again after 2PM. It is growing beautifully in my South Florida yard.

I have only one - the cultivar is Hopi. All I do is some occasional suckering. Because it's a dwarf cultivar, pruning is very easy.

We live on the coast of N.C. in the beautiful town of Wilmington. Our home is located on a tidal creek off of the Intracoast Waterway and we have transplanted two 5 Ft. Myrtles in our backyard right on the water. They are a sight to behold when in bloom and so far they seem to love their location. I would like some advice on how to secure them when (and if) we have another hurricane . So any advice would be appreciated.
Love the tree and want to keep it through thick & thin.
Thanks

The previous owners of my house thought it would be a good idea to plant a Crape Myrtle. This massive 15 foot weed hung over the pool and dropped blooms for months... and months. We couldn't empty the skimmer baskets fast enough.

Eventually we chainsawed it down to a stump since it just wasn't cost-effective to move. Two months later, this October, we notice it was 7 feet tall again! Luckily just some weedy-looking shoots. I still can't believe it.. amputated and left for dead and it just won't die.

Plant this by a pool and you'll regret it.

I live near Mobile,AL and agree this plant is sometimes overplanted. I mainly get tired of seeing the pink and red ones. I like the"softer" white and lavender ones. Natchez,Yuma,and Muskogee are my favorites. It's good to only have maybe one or two of these in a average sized yard, that way they don't overpower the landscape. I have blended them with native wax myrtle on a fenceline.

I am not a fan of this tree, although that is merely personal preference/observation.

Here in VA I find it way too overused in the landscape, & except for the white (one of which I do have on my property), I find the other flower colors almost obscenely garish. In fact, most of the pinks I've dubbed "Pepto Bismol trees" - lol!! A large specimen blooming like a neon sign can be difficult to effectively work into a nice landscaping scenario, & on a hot day is almost an eyesore.

Again - I do realize that this is just personal feeling, which is why I made my rating "neutral" rather than "negative".

Ours are absolutely fabulous! Nothing prettier in the yard this time of year! Just about the time everything else is looking a little "haggard and worn", the Crapes start putting on their spectacular show! I have terniflora Clematis (Sweet Autumn) winding up and thru a very nice pink one on the front fence-row ... just gorgeous! My white one (Natchez?) is so tall and heavy with blooms, it actually looks like a "weeping" variety. And except for some mildew problems, mine are very hardy and prolific. One nice mature tree actually had to be transplanted up close to the house due to a driveway extension...not only did it make it...it looks more sensational every year! I recently discovered a supplier who offers a "landscaper special" 20/ $125. I think I'm going to order it...(I just hate the thought of having to dig 20 more holes this time of year...I'm already hot and tired and ready for fall!!)

Sensational landscaping plant. Requires very little water or care and produces incredible colour. The seeds are very prolific when picked, dried and planted, so I am not sure why there are not hundreds of babies below the mother plant.

This is growing slowly, very slowly for me. I started with a small "tube", and it has overwintered two years in a row, getting a little larger each year. Another variety, purchased in California, gave up the ghost this winter (presumably because of 4' of snow over the very small plant). The one that's surviving is 'Sioux', and it's making steady, if slow progress.

I love Crepe Myrtle. Just bought a house in August and I will definitely give a Myrtle the best spot in the front yard!! (there were no trees previously planted) But, there is a woman that will give me one if I dig it up. It is about 20 ft tall and approx 19 inches around the trunk. I am hesitant to take on a job like that...not only to maybe hurt the root system but I would only have a shovel to do it. My son said the root system is fairly spread out. I could also prune it back so it would handle easier, but don't know if any of this is advisable. Maybe somebody could email me with some suggestions....would really appreciate any enlightenment. They are such beautiful plants, I can't wait to have one, whether i dig it up or buy it...this summer will be spectacular!!

Although Crape myrtle is an excellent tree, its many good attributes have led to it being a bit overplanted, by the highway department in particular. It has a nice long bloom period, survives heat and humidity and doesn't make much of a mess. It only rarely seems to self sow which is unusual for how many seeds it produces. I have grown a very vigorous seedling transplanted from a lawn but it hasn't bloomed yet. Also easy to propagate from layering. Hacking all the branches off does NOT make the tree flower better and is a bad practice that should be stopped!

I had never seen a Crepe Myrtle being from the snowbelt in Northeast Pennsylvania. When we moved to South Carolina when my wife was relocated, they were everywhere and they were used heavily for accent trees in our subdivision, including the front corners of my property line. I decided to plant a couple of extras in my front yard and watched for two growing seasons these scrawny plants that appeared near death. After deciding to to major landscaping in my back yard, I bought 3 more from Walmart for half what Lowes was charging-(the old what the heck, if I dies I saved a few bucks)-I also transplanted the scrawnyr 3rd season out of dormancy near death plants to the back and they took off like crazy-they thrived-quadrupled in size and actually had a good batch of blooms-can't wait to see what they do this season

CREPE Myrtle grow in this area like weeds. Only they are beautiful, as opposed to weeds. There are so many colors. I like the lavendar and purple best. We have some fucia pink ones that have grown over 40 ft tall. They are completely out of hand. I need to know when to cut them back. So far I have read Spring & Winter. I also read that they are to be trimmed above the main trunk. Is that correct? I want to cut them now, but don't want to harm them. Does anyone know when? Memphis, TN

When I was a child, my mother had planted crepe myrtles in our backyard, and they grew so well. Then, a few years later, I got a german shepherd dog with an affinity for "pruning" anything that grew in the backyard. (Re: chewed anything in sight.) Needless to say, my dog chewed those bushes down to the ground. Later, when she was gone, I'll be danged if those bushes didn't grow back, and prettier than before! It had been easily four years since those bushes had tried to grow. They're just so hardy, and they're attractive. Now, I've got a new house, with absolutely NO landscaping. Guess what the first bush I'll be planting is...

We are buying a house that has a beautiful crape myrtle right in front of the dining room window. It is beautiful and actually made me like the house because the plant added such much "curb appeal" to it. My only concern is whether we should cut it back to keep it below the window or let it grow! The other concern I have is that it's so close to the front porch, will it have growing room. We'll see but would appreciate feedback on this message if possible.

This sight is wonderful!

If you are driving through Pensacola, Florida, you will see Crape Myrtles of all colors everywhere. They are so interesting because of the beautiful colors and the peeling bark. If I find a young plant, I will pot it up for a friend. Be sure to dig them up before they get too large. Before mine grew too large, I snipped the branch just below the seeds, and the reblooming was prettier than the first blooms.

My mother planted one about 35 years ago here in Lees Summit, MO and it keeps growing beautifully every year. I try to keep it going now.

It's almosr un-American to say it, but I don't care for this plant very much. I find all the colors [except the white, "Natchez"] to be flat and dull. And if you grow it as a tree, you'll spend a lot of time cutting off suckers. But with all the hype and tripe that have been given it, it's easy to see why it's become a darling of highway landscape departments.

Much good information has already been recorded above, but I don't think anyone mentioned cutting off the clusters of seeds to encourage more blossoms and bushier branches.

A tree that not only has beautiful flowers but also Bark that is very attractive and interesting. Many types and all grow well in San Antonio. Hundreds in my neighborhood alone. My personal Crepe Myrtle has bright pink flowers 30' tall with three very thick trunks. Anyone with advice on propagating from cuttings please e-mail me. I would like to send some family growing plants from this tree. I believe the tree is 20 years old (I have lived here for 8 years). Anyone know how long these trees live?

Grow's well along with other Crape Myrtle's here in extreme southern Illinois(USDA zone 7a). Tree Crapes, although all Crape Myrtle's are actually bushes are great! I love the single trunk which gives it that "bonsai" look. This tree Crape is much more entertaining than any of the mini Crape's. Although most Crape's grow throughout zones 6 - 10, the Tree Crape grow's best in zones 7 and above. Leaves are yellow, red, and orange in the fall. Lagerstroemia indica is also a very fast grower!

Beautifully tough tree for this area. I have a row of six planted by my mother and father 30 years ago. I do nothing to them (neither did Mom really) besides prune so the elegant trunks can be seen and they're doing wonderful! Every now and again I notice aphids on them, but they seem to clear up on their own by the time I get the ingredients together to spray for them. This tree, once established, laughs at the heat and dryness of Texas.

This can be invasive if you do not like the crape mytle. However either birds are planting it or it has underground roots. It does transplant well but is prone to mildew. I planted one in the front yard and now have three in the back. Must be the birds.

Added this tree to my collection about two months ago, colours are reported to be purple/white.

This specimen is a Chinese yamadori, and the chance acquisition of this tree set the foundation/bonding of a new relationship with an excellent and knowledgeable bonsai grower/supplier, just can't wait 'till Spring.

What a pleasure the crape myrtle is in bloom - then it blends into the woodwork for the winter. I am forever looking below crape myrtles on public property for their inevitable offspring, which I dig up, take home, and (at least attempt to) grow into a standard.

The one we have that is in shrub form gets mildew on its bottom half. I'm a fan of the standard anyway - but moreso for this plant.

Hi, I live in sunny Central California and Crepe Myrtle is a very popular plant. I don't personally have one but is on my list as one I would like to have. It is grown as a tree and is very hardy and very beautiful when in bloom. It comes in different colors too...pink, lavender and white is what I've seen.

The beautiful pinkish lavender crepe myrtle that grows in a sheltered corner of my house was here when I bought the house in '91. It is about 20' tall, and struggles to get some sunlight. The upstairs bedroom gets all the benefit because that's where it blooms. Crepe myrtle is probably the most used plant (along with oleander) for landscaping here in the Coastal Bend of South Texas. Usually they are seen around large apt. complexes or large buildings because they are so tall and full---trees in fact. They grow fast and bloom beautifully almost all year. In fall when we have the first chill (I can't say cold--we don't have that), the leaves turn bright bronzey orange. I have never done anything to or for mine, except to cut down a tree near to it because the tree was too close to the foundation of the house. The CM appreciated that and was able to spread out a little more. It would be a lot happier out in the open in full sun and not crowded as it is now. But it's still gorgeous! and healthy!

These are very popular in NE Florida & tolerate our winters very well. They come in several colors from what I've seen - white & different shades of pink & lavender.
Some people make the mistake of trying to prune them like a shrub but they're best left alone.

I grew several varieties of crape myrtles in Georgia and found Japanese beetles love them, especially in newly disturbed ground like a new subdivision. We spent a bunch of money on milky spore, which gradually controlled them.

The most mildew resistant varieties have Indian names like 'Natchez'--which is a beautiful white; Osage, Yuma, Zuni, etc. These are hybrids of L. indica and L. fauriei that were developed by the National Arboretum. 'Natchez' is especially lovely with peeling cinnamon like bark once it is mature.

It is a misconception that crape myrtles should be severely pruned back to their trunks every year. This has been discussed thoroughly in Southern Living Magazine in an article called "Crape Murder." Professional landscapers do this regularly in highway medians and in apartment complex parking lots where these July blooming trees are ubiquitous, as this does promote larger blooms, but only at the expense of the tree which is trying to survive such rough handling. Ultimately the tree succumbs to this treatment, so it is not something you want to do in your home landscape. Municipalities and corporations include re-landscaping in their budgets and don't really want these trees to get very large--only to provide cheap summer color--but a fully mature crape myrtle, with only cross branches and suckers pruned out, is a spectacular sight. The famous Calloway Gardens, in Pine Mountain, Gerogia--home to the Victory Garden TV show--has huge specimens of the white crape myrtle 'Natchez' shading the patio in front of their gift shop, and these are the largest crape myrtles I have ever seen, and you may be assured they were not pruned back heavily every year!

November 13, 2003: Have recently transplanted almost 20 cuttings of a white shrub type crape myrtle called 'Acoma,' which is another National Arboretum cultivar, released in the mid 1980's. A friend trimmed low branches of her 'Acoma" that were overhanging her driveway, and I got about 40 cuttings, about half of which "took" in a pot of my sandy dirt in a shady spot, without any rooting hormone. I just sprayed the pot every day with a hose to keep the leaves from drying out, and in a few months I transplanted the cuttings with short white roots into individual pots, again in my sandy soil, without any potting soil added, to overwinter outdoors, all huddled together under fallen autumn leaves. I'll probably keep potting them up into larger pots until they are a few feet tall and large enough to go into the ground.

Crepe Myrtles do very well in coastal South Carolina, blooming from mid-June through mid-September (or even longer if weather is favorable. The greatest problem is that of aphids -- if not controlled early in the season, the sooty mold fungus becomes prevalent. This fungus thrives on the sugary content of the aphid's "honeydew". The winter aspect of the Crepe Myrtle is wondereful because of the beautiful bark texture.

When we first moved to Northern Florida, two years ago, this tree kept popping up near my Mimosa Tree. After unsuccessfully trying to get rid of it (we did not know what it was) my husband decided to transplant it to the back yard (under our bedroom window). Am I glad he did!!!!! It is an absolutely beautiful tree, with delicate pink flowers. Last year, three more just popped up in our front yard -- and are growing in an arched shape -- we decided to keep them. I am happy to report that they have started to come back again this month - bringing BIG smiles to our faces each morning.

To keep the tree fresh and in bloom longer, I have found that if you tip the dead blooms, the tree will continue to grow and bloom long into the fall season.

If I have learned nothing else about gardening, I have learned this --- anything that fights so hard to live is worth keeping!!!
HAPPY GARDENING!!!!!

This is a nice plant for all seasons - pretty flowers, great fall color, nice bark, and interesting branch structure.

Gorgeous color and low maintenance. Pruning helps in shaping this shrub/tree. Some of mine are taller than our two-story house. Blooms last until late fall/early winter.

I live in Oklahoma and have grown this plant. I find crepe myrtles to be the easiest plant I have ever grown. They bloom from mid-summer to frost. They are an excellent value.

The Crepe Myrtle is a beautiful shrub or small tree that is found mostly in zones 6 and up.

The limbs should be pruned back each winter, revealing a beautifully smooth trunk. It is rapid growing, with many varieties reaching over 30 feet. In late summer, the crepe myrtle will produce an explosion of color (most commonly red, white, lavender, or pink). The blooms are long lived and in the lower areas of the United States will bloom all the way into October or later.