Bellini® Grape Crape Myrtle

A dwarf crape myrtle that pours out grape-purple summer flowers on a tidy, knee-high mound — no pruning butchery required. The Bellini® Grape Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Congrabel') is a compact, rounded selection bred for big color in a small footprint. From summer well into fall it carries dense, crinkled panicles in a saturated grape-purple, set against clean green foliage that warms to orange and red as the season turns. Topping out at just 3 to 4 feet tall and wide, it brings the long bloom season of a classic crape myrtle down to a scale that fits the front of a border, a foundation bed, or a large patio container. Why growers choose the Bellini® Grape Months of bloom. Vivid grape-purple panicles open in summer and keep coming into fall, giving you color long after spring shrubs have finished. Naturally dwarf. A mature size of 3 to 4 feet means it never needs the harsh "topping" that ruins full-size crape myrtles — it stays in scale on its own. Blooms on new wood. Flowers form on the current season's growth, so a simple late-winter trim only encourages more blooms. Four-season interest. Summer flowers give way to fiery fall foliage, and the fine branch structure adds quiet texture in winter. Tough and sun-loving. Thriving in full sun with a moderate growth rate, it shrugs off heat and rewards you once established. Use it as a low flowering hedge, a repeating accent along a walk, a anchor for a sunny mixed border, or a single specimen in a roomy container where its grape blooms can carry a deck or entry through the hottest months.