This exciting cultivar produces gorgeous
pink flowers from midsummer into fall.
Foliage and bark change colors dramatically
with the seasons. Grows 10' tall, 10-12' wide.
Perfect in patio containers; also makes an
attractive hedge or screen. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Hopi’
Zones: 6-9 - Shipped in 4" pot - Full sun - Deer tend to avoid
Product Details
Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia indica 'Hopi'
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Height/Habit: Spreading multi stemmed semi-dwarf
Spread: 10'
Spacing: 10' - 12'
Hardiness Zone: 6 - 10 (-10 degrees F) with protection
Foliage Type: Lustrous medium green with pink overcast becoming dark green - has attractive bright orange to dark red fall color.
Flower Form: Large decorative panicles of many small flowers with crinkled petals. Extremely beautiful.
Flower Color: Medium Pink 4 - 5 1/2" long to 7" wide
Flowering Date: Mid June through September
Growth Rate: Fast
Unique Characteristics: A very handsome and beautiful all around plant in the landscape. Year round appeal with beautiful vase shaped habit of growth. Highly ornamental bark and large profuse flower clusters. Often planted in groups with ground covers beneath. Excellent dwarf variety making it suitable for smaller gardens and corner spots - even containers. Young branches dark red purple becoming a gray brown at maturity. The most hardy of the dwarf varieties developed at the National Arboretum.
Additional Information: Very handsome bark - smooth exfoliating exposing variously colored underbark in grays, beiges and browns. Beautiful in the landscape.
I love crape myrtles. They are used quite commonly here as landscaping trees in both residential and commericial properties. I just wish the landscapers would stop butchering them every year. They chop them off at about 3 feet tall. They are so much more attractive when allowed to get to their full size. My Grandparents had 3 (I don't know which breed) along the ditch in their front yard which were about 15-20 feet tall and when they bloomed it was spectacular! Plus it makes the trunks much more sturdy to let them grow. Theirs were more than a foot thick near the base!
