Plant Characteristics
- Zone: 6-10
- Height: 12-15'
- Spread: 10'
- Growth: fast
- Form: tree
- Usage: specimen,background, privacy hedge
- Soil: moist, well drained
- Bloom: coral pink
- Age at bloom: 2 yrs
- Soil: well-drained
The Tuscarora Crape Myrtle is a hybrid between the Japanese Crape Myrtle
(Lagerstroemia faurei) and the common Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica),
which was developed by the US National Arboretum in 1978. The Tuscarora Crape Myrtle produces long
lasting clusters of dark pink flowers. Each cluster within the Tuscarora Crape Myrtle has
hundreds of pink flowers and each cluster can range from 8" to 16" long. The Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
has a very tall and vigorous growing habit with small alternate leaves that are rounded at the
base and are 1" to 3" long. The Tuscarora Crape Myrtle has leaves that are glossy green
in the summer and in the fall they turn red-orange. Each summer the Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
exfoliates its light brown colored bark in thin strips to expose a smooth and light gray colored
bark. The Tuscarora Crape Myrtle is adaptable to a wide range of soil types, very drought tolerant and has a
very good resistance to powdery mildew.