Two types ofcrape myrtlesare develop in the United States : the rough-cut crape myrtle , or Lagerstroemia indica , and the Nipponese crape myrtle , or Lagerstroemia faurei . The common French pancake Vinca minor is hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 to 9 , while the Japanese crape Vinca minor is more stale - hardy , grow in zone 6 as well . Among these two types of crape Vinca minor , there are many varieties that offer dissimilar size of it and bloom colors .

Dwarf Varieties

Most midget varieties of crepe myrtles are compact efflorescence shrub that grow in a mound form . The Chickasaw diverseness of crape Vinca minor grows up to 3 foot and is double-dyed for container garden because of its small size of it . Chickasaw grows small , lavender - pinkish bloom , has silver barque and bronze - red evenfall coloring . banger nanus crepe myrtle grows slightly larger , at 3 to 5 feet in height , and produces light carmine flowers in July and has red - orange colouring in fall .

Semi-Dwarf Varieties

Semi - dwarf crape myrtles are large shrubs that generally grow between 5 and 10 foot grandiloquent , and they may be more thick growers than tree assortment . The Caddo variety is more of a spreading bush with cinnamon - color bark that grows shiny pink peak in summer and has orangish - ruby fall leafage . The Zuni is a dense shrub that grows in a round shape and produces intermediate to dark lavender flowers . Zuni crape myrtles have tan and lily-white bark as well as brilliant red - orange declivity color .

Small Trees

In general , humble crape Vinca minor tree maturate between 10 and 15 feet tall . A hardy , disease - resistant small tree variety of crape myrtle is the Commanche , which produces coral pinkish flowers and has clear chocolate-brown bark . One of the first mixture of crape Vinca minor to be insert was the William Toovey , or Rubra Nana , and is still common today . This lowly crepe Vinca minor tree has light brownish and silver bark , produces bright pinkish flowers in mid - summer and has proficient resistance to powdery mould , a common crape myrtle disease .

Medium Trees

Medium crepe Vinca minor salmagundi generally acquire between 15 and 20 feet grandiloquent , though some will top 20 feet . The Dynamite is a average tree diagram that originate true red flowers in other July and bright orangish foliage in the fall . The Alabama White , also know as Byer ’s White or Clear White , is a intermediate crepe myrtle Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree that has bright bloodless flowers in bombastic , dense clusters as well as silvery tan bark .

Large Trees

The great tree variety of crape Vinca minor grow up to 30 feet tall , though their growth habit can motley from circularize to vase - like . The Biloxi is a common crape Vinca minor tree that farm in a vase - like habit , with many proboscis get up from a central root ball . The Biloxi has tan and chestnut bark as well as smart pink flowers . The Natchez is a magniloquent , arching hybrid Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree that has tan and cinnamon - colored barque . Natchez crape myrtles create large blank bloom clusters in mid - June and flower for more than 100 days .

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