Description

This ornamental beauty adorns large, long-lasting panicles of white flowers that are delicately fragrant; its decorative exfoliating copper bark reveals layers of color underneath; shows good resistance to powdery mildew; heat and drought tolerance

Landscape Attributes

Kiowa Japanese Crapemyrtle is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous tree with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Kiowa Japanese Crapemyrtle is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Kiowa Japanese Crapemyrtle will grow to be about 25 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 4 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is very fussy about its soil conditions and must have rich, acidic soils to ensure success, and is subject to chlorosis (yellowing) of the foliage in alkaline soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.