Purple Crape MyrtlePhoenix's Best Fast Growing Purple Flowering Tree Purple Crape Myrtle Purple Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) is the premier fast growing purple flowering tree for the Phoenix Valley. This stunning deciduous tree produces massive clusters of rich lavender purple blooms all summer long from June through September delivering months of vibrant color when most other flowering plants shut down in the heat. It grows 35 feet per year and reaches 2025 feet

Attribute Detail Scientific Name ×Chitalpa tashkentensis Common Names Chitalpa

Is Ruby Red Right for Your Yard

Whether you're creating a stunning street-side canopy in Scottsdale

stays compact

With proper irrigation and fall planting

Exceptionally cold-hardy for a cactus

Run Length Living screen (8 ft centers) Open procession (10 ft centers) 16 ft 3 plants 2 plants 24 ft 4 plants 3 plants 40 ft 6 plants 4 to 5 plants As a focal specimen

Summer (May-Sep): Deep red to burgundy tubular flowers appear on mature stems and draw hummingbirds

Desert Spoon — a native Arizona accent plant with blue-green rosettes and a similar architectural feel

Blind Prickly Pear handles full reflected heat from walls

impenetrable screen

it handles full blazing sun and reflected heat like a champion