Twilight Crape Myrtle Tree

Amazing Purple Blooms on a Low Maintenance Crape Myrtle - The darkest purple on a crape myrtle! - Low maintenance - Highly drought tolerant The royal purple colors of the Twilight Crape Myrtle have been difficult to find until now! With large, lightly fragrant flower clusters that bloom from early June until frost, it can be grown as a broad shrub or as a tree. This is one of the few crape myrtles that bloom deep purple flowers for 70 days! Twilight Purple Crape Myrtles grow up to 20-25 feet tall, making it a popular choice for lining driveways, roadways, fences, or in groupings, and also, as a stunning stand-alone ornamental for your yard. The leaves on the Twilight unfold in late Spring with a display of bronze color that becomes a deep green during the Summer months. These will change to yellows, oranges, or burgundy in the fall. For even more color, the bark changes from the smooth mottled gray that gradually peels off in early Summer to reveal a light pink bark that darken