{"id":3593,"date":"2013-07-01T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2012-08-27T12:10:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T16:10:17","slug":"red-sells-red-flowering-crape-myrtles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2013\/07\/01\/red-sells-red-flowering-crape-myrtles\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRed Sells\u201d: Red Flowering Crape Myrtles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3594\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8166.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3594\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3594\" title=\"IMG_8166\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8166-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8166-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8166-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red flowering crape myrtle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the Southern U.S. crape myrtles (<em>Lagerstroemia spp<\/em>.) provide summer long\u00a0flowering. In the garden center business there is a popular saying: \u201cred flowers sell\u201d. Among crape myrtles red flowering cultivars generally outsell all others.<\/p>\n<p>Probably the most popular red variety is Dynamite\u00ae, a Carl Whitcomb introduction. Dr. Whitcomb followed with other red introductions of different sizes &#8211; Red Rocket\u00ae, Tightwad Red\u00ae and Siren Red\u00ae. The U.S. National Arboretum\u00a0released \u2018Arapaho\u2019 and \u2018Cheyenne\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>When deciding which red to plant, select a variety that is the appropriate\u00a0size at maturity for the site. Your choices are: dwarf types\u00a0(low 3 to 4 feet), semi-dwarf types (4 to 12 feet), and intermediate shrub and tree types (12 to 30 feet in height). All listed cultivars are reliably root hardy in zone 6-b and\u00a0above-ground hardy\u00a0in zone 7-b.<\/p>\n<p>Some cultivars strut better disease and pest resistance, magnificent fall leaf color, and awesome exfoliating winter bark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dwarf Red-Flowered Crape Myrtles (up to 4 feet tall)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cherry Dazzle<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> \u2013 low mounding shrub habit\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Petite Red Imp\u2122 \u2013 rounded head shrub<\/p>\n<p>Tightwad Red<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> \u2013\u00a0 rounded shrub with dense foliage<\/p>\n<p>Victor \u2013 dwarf upright branching shrub<\/p>\n<p><strong>Semi-Dwarf Red-Flowered Crape Myrtles (from 4 to 12 feet tall)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cheyenne \u2013 8-10 feet tall rounded head shrub<\/p>\n<p>Christiana \u2013 8-10 feet tall upright vase-shaped shrub<\/p>\n<p>Siren Red<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> \u2013 10-12 feet tall upright branching shrub\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tonto \u2013 8-10 feet tall vase-shaped shrub<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intermediate Shrub Size Red-Flowered Crape Myrtles (over 12 feet tall)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arapaho \u2013 20 feet tall upright branching shrub or small tree<\/p>\n<p>Centennial Spirit \u2013 10-20 feet tall stiff upright branching shrub<\/p>\n<p>Dynamite<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>\u2013 10-15 feet tall stiff upright branching shrub<\/p>\n<p>Red Rocket<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>\u2013 15-20 feet tall upright branching shrub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Southern U.S. crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia spp.) provide summer long\u00a0flowering. In the garden center business there is a popular saying: \u201cred flowers sell\u201d. Among crape myrtles red flowering cultivars generally outsell all others. Probably the most popular red variety is Dynamite\u00ae, a Carl Whitcomb introduction. Dr. Whitcomb followed with other red introductions of different [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[357,398,747,749,299,440,144,914,645,674,806,774,853,630,706,850],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593"}],"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=3593"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3606,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593\/revisions\/3606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}