Delta Eclipse Crape Myrtle – 5 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-10b  Find Your Zone 

Plant Type:  Deciduous Flowering Tree

Height at Maturity:  8-12′

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Foliage Color:  Burgundy

Fall Foliage Color:  Reddish Purple

Maintenance / Care:  Low

With an upright habit 8 to 12 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide, the Delta Eclipse Crape Myrtle is an ideal selection for smaller garden spaces and containers. It can be grown as a shrub or lower branches can be removed to form a very attractive small tree, making it an excellent choice for use as a specimen or accent in sunny home foundation plantings or landscape borders. Also makes a very colorful hedge and is spectacular in groupings. Whether planted as a specimen or in groupings, this is one plant that is sure to stand out in the landscape!

Suggested Spacing:  4-5 feet apart for solid hedge; 10 feet or more apart for space between trees

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Crape Myrtle variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Delta Eclipse Crape Myrtle is very easy to grow. It is not picky about soil type provided the soil is well-drained. A moist but well-drained soil of average fertility is preferred. Full sun is preferred and results in heavier flower production. Light shade is tolerated but flowering will be diminished in more shade. Has shown excellent resistance to powdery mildew and is quite drought tolerant when established.