Muskogee Crape Myrtle
Muskogee Crape Myrtle features 6 to 12 inches long inflorescences (panicles) of lavender-pink flowers from mid-summer to early fall. Muskogee’s foliage emerges reddish in spring, matures to dark green in summer, and turns orange to red in fall. Its cinnamon-colored bark is smooth and peels to a shiny light gray. Muskogee Crape Myrtle is one of several hybrids developed by the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., resistant to powdery mildew.
Muskogee Crape Myrtle has a broad and upright growing habit with small alternate leaves rounded at the base. Each cluster within the Muskogee Crape Myrtle has hundreds of light lavender flowers, and each cluster can range from 8 to 16 inches long. Each summer, Crape Myrtle Muskogee exfoliates its gray-brown colored bark in thin strips to expose a smooth and light brown colored bark.
Although crape myrtles are a staple in the Southeast United States, plants such as Muskogee Crape Myrtle are becoming increasingly common in the Northern areas such as St. Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and on Long Island. In the South, Crape myrtle Muskogee can easily be grown as a large woody shrub or trained as a small tree with a maximum size of 12 feet tall. The eye-catching trees continue to enhance landscapes allowing gardeners everywhere to relish in their pure beauty.
