Crepe Myrtles
A collection page of Evergreen Trees Direct
About
Crepe Myrtles ( Lagerstroemia ) are deciduous flowering trees famous for long-lasting summer flower displays, autumn foliage colour and decorative exfoliating bark. The collection covers the full Indian Summer series ('Natchez', 'Tuscarora', 'Sioux', 'Zuni', 'Lipan', 'Acoma'), the compact dark-foliage 'Diamonds in the Dark' range, and modern selections including 'Indian Summer' and Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Fantasy' — across single, multi-stem and standard forms. Crepe Myrtles perform best in full sun with well-drained soil and reliable moisture during establishment. They tolerate a wide climate range from cool temperate Melbourne and Canberra through to subtropical Brisbane, and are frost tolerant once settled. Selected for mildew-resistant foliage and reliable summer flowering, they also offer outstanding autumn colour and year-round bark interest. They look excellent in residential gardens, civic streetscapes, formal courtyards, avenue plantings, and commercial schemes where extended summer flowering and reliable hardiness are required. Commonly specified by councils and landscape architects for low-maintenance street and feature planting.