Bellini® Grape Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica 'Congrabel' Plant Patent #28,975

Sku #42628

A crape myrtle breakthrough with a refreshing, sweet, truly compact shrub and delicious, dark lavender-purple blooms that will brighten the warm summer landscape, blooming earlier than other varieties. The low, mounded form is excellent for foundations, in mixed shrub borders, or as a low hedge. Resistant to powdery mildew. Deciduous.

Light Needs

Full sun

Light Needs
Water Needs

Once established, water occasionally; more in extreme heat or containers.
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Detail

Key Feature

Compact Flowering Shrub

Light Needs

Full sun

Landscape Uses

Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Hedge, Mass Planting, Specimen, Urban Garden

Watering Needs:Once established, water occasionally; more in extreme heat or containers.

Botanical Pronunciation:la-ger-STRE-mee-a IN-dih-kuh

Plant type:Shrub

Deciduous/evergreen:Deciduous

Growth habit:Compact, Mounding

Growth rate:Fast

Average landscape size:Moderately fast growing; reaches only 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide.

Special features:Attractive Bark, Compact Form, Easy Care, Fall Color, Improved Disease Resistance, Pet Friendly, Tolerates Urban Pollution, Waterwise

Foliage color:Green

Blooms:Midsummer through Early Fall

Flower color:Purplish-pink

Flower attributesLong Bloom Season, Showy Flowers

Garden styleContemporary, Mediterranean, Rustic

Patent Act:Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent.

Companion PlantsCalifornia Lilac (Ceanothus); False Heather (Cuphea); Daylily (Hemerocallis); Lilyturf (Liriope); Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis)

Care

Care Information

Thrives in average, well-drained soils. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish root system; once established, reduce frequency. Feed before new growth begins in spring. Remove emerging suckers from base of older shrubs to reduce spread. Remove spent blooms to encourage rebloom.

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