Pocomoke Dwarf Crape Myrtle – 6 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots

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In 1959, Dr. Donald Egolf began a crape myrtle research project at the U.S. National Arboretum to develop crape myrtles that were disease resistant, hardy, true to flower color, and that would repeat bloom.

Germplasm of Lagerstroemia fauriei was collected in Japan by Dr. John Creech and distributed to the U.S. National Arboretum. This material was discovered to be resistant to powdery mildew; a disease known to inflict many varieties of crape myrtle, and to possess a unique, heritable, dark brown trunk color. L. fauriei was incorporated into the research program with great success. Since then, twenty “Fauriei Hybrid” crapemyrtle cultivars have been released!

Growing only 2 to 3 feet tall and wide, Pocomoke is ideal for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces or in groupings or mass plantings in sunny landscape borders and home foundation plantings. Excellent as a solor or combined with other plants in pots, planters and other containers. A fine addition to pink color gardens, perennial gardens, rock gardens and cottage gardens.

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a, where this Crape Myrtle variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

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