{"id":14032,"date":"2023-03-17T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=14032"},"modified":"2023-02-15T11:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:12:20","slug":"growing-crapemyrtles-in-containers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2023\/03\/17\/growing-crapemyrtles-in-containers\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Crapemyrtles In Containers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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‘Pocomoke’ crapemyrtle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Gardeners who live in USDA zones 6 -10 can grow dwarf (shrubby) crapemyrtles either in the ground or in containers. In northern areas of the U.S., a few crape myrtle varieties are tender perennials and grown in containers. They’re overwintered in an unheated garage, shed or pots are dug into the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These dwarf varieties are designed for mass planting, low hedging and screening, and in containers. I\u2019ve identified 12 varieties that perform in garden beds or containers: \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Pocomoke’ – <\/strong>features bright pink blooms and deep green foliage on a mounding shrub (3 – 5 feet high & 3 – 4 feet wide). (Zones\u00a06-9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Berry Dazzle’ crapemyrtle (red seed capsules)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Razzle Dazzle\u2019 Series <\/strong>– mounding 3 to 4 feet tall and wide shrub form. The hardiest performers in the series are ‘Cherry Dazzle’ (red blooms) and ‘Berry Dazzle’ (fuchsia-purple blooms\/ burgundy new foliage). (Zones\u00a06-9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Tightwad Red’ (Whit V)<\/strong> – produces dark-red flowers on a mounding plant (3-4 feet tall & 5-6 feet wide) with dense foliage. No seed capsules are formed. (Zones 7-10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Victor’ crapemyrtle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

‘Victor’ <\/strong>– bears deep red flower with a narrow shrub form (3-6 feet tall & 2-4 feet wide). (Zones 6-9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barista\u00ae series<\/strong> (7 varieties) from Walters Gardens will grow 2 – 3 feet in height and width. Plants are rated hardy perennials in zone 5-6 and dieback to the ground. Plants re-emerge in the spring in Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan. They bloom on new wood in mid-late summer. In warmer climes Barista varieties do not die back in winter and their mature heights will be taller. (Zones 6-9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Containers should be set in full sun and moderately watered. Once established after their first year, feed with a water-soluble fertilizer such as Miracle-Gro\u2122 or Peters\u2122 every 4-6 weeks. Do not fertilize after late summer (September 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In zone 5-6 winters, move container grown plants into an unheated garage or shed where temps won\u2019t drop below 20 \u00b0F. Otherwise, backup with supplemental heating. Water plants once every 3-4 weeks. An alternative approach is to submerge pots outdoors in garden soil and heavily mulch in a heap of loose, non-packing leaves and pine needles. Push the leaf litter aside after the worse of winter low temps has left your geographic area. Re-cover with leaves during sudden temperature dips. In spring carry tender Barista crape myrtles back outdoors and resume regular watering and fertilizing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gardeners who live in USDA zones 6 -10 can grow dwarf (shrubby) crapemyrtles either in the ground or in containers. In northern areas of the U.S., a few crape myrtle varieties are tender perennials and grown in containers. They’re overwintered in an unheated garage, shed or pots are dug into the ground. These dwarf varieties […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1319,299,1037,914,1413,1498,1525,853,551,1571,843,1060,601,729,630,706,646,7,455,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14036,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032\/revisions\/14036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}