Carolina Beauty Crape Myrtle Tree

Carolina Red is one of our most popular upright trees growing to about 22 feet tall with a 15ft canopy.

Carolina beauty crape myrtle tree. Always very popular the pictures just dont do them justice. Although crape myrtles Lagerstroemia spp come in an assortment of colors and sizes some of the most vibrant varieties bear red flowers. Regardless of hardiness zone all crape myrtles are subject to die-back at temps below 15 degrees.

From this original tree many other forms of Crape Myrtles have been bred often by crossing them with other trees and plants. In Praise of Crape Myrtles. Just like spring with the lovely cherry blossoms Capitol Hill has exploded in dramatic colors throughout the Hill.

Crape Myrtle Caroline Beauty. Wilmington is home to the North Carolina Azalea Festival so evergreen azaleas are a requirement. But this doesnt have to be the case.

If youre looking for a blood red flowering tree Carolina Red is the variety for you. At the corner of 11th Street and North Carolina SE a crape myrtle tree bends over the sidewalk to add summer color to the busy intersection. The Tyrian red blooms produced by Carolina Beauty Resists Fading.

General Plant Information Plant Habit. It is very cold hardy. More Info Zone.

Lagerstroemia indica Caroline Beauty Crape Myrtle. The crape myrtles that originally came to Americas colonies from China and Korea in the mid-1750s were Lagerstroemia indica flowering floosies for sure but come winter their. There simply isnt a myrtle out there with the rich deep red color of the Carolina beauty.