RED CREPE MYRTLE Crape Tree Shrub Flower 35 Seeds SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lagerstroemia Indica COLOR: Red PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost BLOOM TIME: Late Spring - Early Summer HARDINESS ZONE: 7 - 9 PLANT HEIGHT: 6 - 10 Feet PLANT SPACING: 6 - 10 Feet LIGHT: Sun WATER : Average - Dry The Crepe Myrtle, famous for its brightly colored unique crinkly flowers, is considered to be a large shrub or a small tree. They can be pruned to your desired shape and size. You can allow them to branch out naturally, or train them into a single trunked tree. They are able to tolerate dry conditions, and will be just covered in lovely blooms whose petals are indeed crepe-like. Crepe Myrtles will attract bees, birds, and butterflies. After flowering, neat little seed are pods develop in their place, adding interest for another season.