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Crape Myrtle Varieties

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10 FT OR LESS	FLOWER	TRUNK	HABIT	HEIGHT	HYBRID
Chickasaw	Pink	N/A	Shrub	3 ft	Yes
Centennial	Purple	N/A	Shrub	4 ft	No
Victor	Deep Red	N/A	Shrub	5 ft	No
Caddo	Pink	Cinnamon	Spreading	7 ft	Yes
Hopi	Light Pink	Gray-Brown	Spreading	9 ft	Yes
Pecos	Clear Med. Pink	Dark Brown	Spreading	9 ft	Yes
Zuni	Med. Lavender	Lt. Brown-Gray	Spreading	9 ft	Yes
Tonto	Dark Fuchsia	Light Cream	Globose	9 ft	Yes
Cherokee	Bright Red	Silvery Gray	Globose	10 ft	No

11 TO 15 FT	FLOWER	TRUNK	HABIT	HEIGHT	HYBRID
Acoma	White	Lt. Gray-Brown	Spreading	15 ft	Yes
Comanchee	Dark Coral Pink	Lt. Sandalwood	Upright	15 ft	Yes
Lipan	Med. Lavender	Near White	Upright	15 ft	Yes
Osage	Clear Pink	Dark Brown	Pendulous	15 ft	Yes
Sioux	Intense Dark Pink	Med. Gray-Brown	Upright	15 ft	Yes
Yuma	Lavender Bicolor	Silvery Gray	Upright	15 ft	No

16 TO 20 FT	FLOWER	TRUNK	HABIT	HEIGHT	HYBRID
Seminole	Med. Pink	Silvery-Gray	Globose	17 ft	No
Tuskegee	Dark Rose	Lt. Gray-Tan	Spreading	17 ft	Yes
Potomac	Clear Med. Pink	Silvery Gray	Arching	18 ft	No
Catawba	Dark Purple	Silvery Gray	Upright	19 ft	No
Conestoga	Lavender Bicolor	Silvery Gray	Arching	19 ft	No
Apalachee	Lt. Lavender	Med. Brown	Upright	19 ft	Yes
Townhouse	White	Dark Cinnamon	Spreading	20 ft	*
Powhatan	Lt. Lavender	Silvery Gray	Upright	20 ft	No

*Townhouse is a selection from a Fauriei seedling.

21 TO 25 FT	FLOWER	TRUNK	HABIT	HEIGHT	HYBRID
Tuscarora	Dark Coral Pink	Lt. Brown	Broad Vase	23 ft	Yes
Miami	Dark Pink	Dark Brown	Upright	25 ft	Yes
Wichita	Light Magenta	Dark Brown	Vase	25 ft	Yes

26 TO 30 FT	FLOWER	TRUNK	HABIT	HEIGHT	HYBRID
Choctaw	Clear Pink	Lt. Cinnamon	Globose	27 ft	Yes
Biloxi	Pale Pink	Dark Brown	Vase	27 ft	Yes

OVER 30 FT	FLOWER	TRUNK	HABIT	HEIGHT	HYBRID
Muskogee	Lt. Lavender	Lt. Gray-Brown	Broad Upright	35 ft	Yes
Natchez	White	Cinnamon	Broad Upright	35 ft	Yes
Fantasy	White	Cinnamon	Broad Upright	35 ft	No
Fauriei species	White	Cinnamon	Broad Upright	35 to 50 ft	No

Additional information, including photographs of many cultivars, is available at the Crepe Myrtle Varieties Web site at http://www.clemson.edu/crapemyrtle

Prepared by Paul Thompson, County Extension Agent, Berkeley & Dorchester Counties; F. Brian Smith, County Extension Agent, Charleston County; and Mark Arena, Area Extension Agent, Berkeley, Charleston & Dorchester Counties, Clemson University.

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Crape Myrtle Varieties

10 FT OR LESS

FLOWER

TRUNK

HABIT

HEIGHT

HYBRID