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Plant: Sioux - Crape Myrtle
Crape Myrtle · Lagerstroemia indica 'Sioux'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
Sioux is an award winning hybrid crape myrtle introduced in 1987 by the U.S. National Arboretum for its mildew resistance, growing 15 to 20 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide with an erect, multi stemmed, oval form. Branched panicles 7 to 9 inches long carry 70 to 150 dark pink crinkled florets from late July to mid September, the glossy green leaves turn red in fall, and the light gray bark peels to a smooth surface for winter interest. Give it full sun and moist, well drained acidic soil; it is drought tolerant once established. Watch for aphids, scales and leaf spots.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 20 ft tall and 15 ft wide
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Sioux is an award winning hybrid crape myrtle introduced in 1987 by the U.S. National Arboretum for its mildew resistance, growing 15 to 20 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide with an erect, multi stemmed, oval form. Branched panicles 7 to 9 inches long carry 70 to 150 dark pink crinkled florets from late July to mid September, the glossy green leaves turn red in fall, and the light gray bark peels to a smooth surface for winter interest. Give it full sun and moist, well drained acidic soil; it is drought tolerant once established. Watch for aphids, scales and leaf spots.
- Flowers
- Branched panicles 7 to 9 inches long carrying 70 to 150 dark pink, crinkled florets from late July to mid September.
- Foliage
- Simple leaves emerge green with red tinges and become dark green by summer, smooth and leathery with entire margins, oblong to elliptic to obovate, 1 to 3 inches long, on very short petioles.
- Fruit
- Six valved dehiscent capsules, brown and about half an inch wide, persisting through winter; the disc shaped seeds are 3/8 inch across and winged.
- Bark & stems
- Thin, smooth, pale brown to gray bark that peels and exfoliates; stems are green to brown, slender and often squarish with prominent wings.
- Pruning
- Avoid severe pruning or topping, which is not needed to control size. Make thinning cuts in late winter or early spring, before the new growth that carries the blooms starts.
- Native range
- Central Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China, Philippines, Japan
