Height: 10-15 feet
Spread: 8-12 feet
Hardiness Zone: 6b
Full Sun
This stunning ornamental shrub produces volumes of deep purple frilly blooms in summer, followed by scarlet red fall foliage; captivating focal point for the garden or border; also good for container planting.
Catawba Crape myrtle is covered in stunning panicles of deep purple frilly flowers at the ends of the branches from mid to late summer. It has attractive dark green foliage which emerges coppery-bronze in spring. The oval leaves are highly ornamental and turn scarlet in fall. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.