The Crape Myrtle Company was est. Foliage is a deep, dark, glossy green when mature, but starts out with a dark reddish orange coloration when new. - Low maintenance - Highly drought tolerant The royal purple colors of the Twilight Crape Myrtle have been difficult to find until now!

This year Delta Jazz™, with pink flowers, is being joined by Delta Eclipse™ (purple flowers). in 1977, and for the last 20 years we have specialized in online sales of our Beautiful Crape Myrtles. Diamonds in the Dark® Pure White. Beautiful shrub Crape Myrtle form with large clusters of dark purple blooms. He worked for many years to develop crape myrtles with strongly colored foliage that would not fade in hot weather, combined with disease resistance and exciting flower colors. If the foliage of your Diamonds in the Dark® Crepe Myrtle is turning greenish, ... just as the leaf buds are starting to emerge. Future years will see Delta Breeze™ (lavender flowers) and Delta Flame™ (red). 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. Diamonds in the Dark® Purely Purple. A very vigorous grower with increased resistance to all of the more commonly encountered Crape Myrtle problems ( leaf spot, powdery mildew, etc ). Amazing Purple Blooms on a Low Maintenance Crape Myrtle - The darkest purple on a crape myrtle! The Purely Purple™ Black Diamond® Crape Myrtle has its origins in the work of Dr. Cecil Pounder, a Research Geneticist with the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture. We have numerous sizes and shades of PURPLE Crape Myrtles available for purchase online.
All have burgundy to bronze leaves from spring through fall and are expected to be mid-size, maturing at heights of 8 to 12 feet.