Re: Re: Crepe Myrtle --Cold Hardy?
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- Subject: Re: Re: Crepe Myrtle --Cold Hardy?
- From: "* B* <m*@pldi.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 10:31:09 -0500
M Brown
NW Oklahoma, USA
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From: Lynn Lamb <silverhands@mindspring.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Re: Crepe Myrtle?
Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 2:30 PM
Mary,
According to one of my books, these crepe myrtles are cold hardy:
Lagerstoemia indica 'Acoma'--white flowers
L.i. 'biloxi'--light pink
L.i. 'Catawba'--dark purple (considered the best dark purple selection)
L.i. 'Comanche'--coral pink
L.i. 'Hopi"--medium pink; "attractive gray brown bark; exceptionally
cold-hardy"
L.i. 'Lipan' (shrub or small tree)--medium pink
L.i. 'Muskogee' (small)--light lavender
L.i. 'regal Red'--vivid deep red
L.i. 'Yuma'--medium lavender
Hope this helps in your selection....
Lynn Lamb
Zone 7/8
Sadly by cold hardy in regard to Crepe Myrtle it means they may come back
from the roots when they die to the ground in a hard ZONE 6 winter. Most
are only reliably hardy to +10 F. So these varieties might be OK to 10
degrees or so less than that.
You might be able to create a micro-climate for them if you get colder
than that. South wall of the house, protected from the wind etc. The
smaller ones also make nice container plants that might be taken into a
cool basement or garage for the winter.
Martha in zone 6, N.W. Oklahoma who has replaced crepe myrtles that didn't
survive the winter. They often die to the ground here unless they are
against a house or something that gives them extra protection.
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