Lagerstroemia
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Lagerstroemia Black Diamond ‘Lavender Lace’
- 🖤 Near-black foliage that holds its colour right through summer — it does not revert to green
- 💜 Soft lavender flower panicles 15–20 cm long, in flushes from early summer to autumn
- ☀️ Full sun — 6 to 8 hours daily for both leaf colour and flowering
- 🌡️ Temperature Tolerance: 8°C – 42°C (flowers freely at a summer daytime 25–32°C and keeps blooming above that if watered; keep it above 8–9°C in winter)
- 📐 Compact 2–3 m tree — suits large pots, terraces and small gardens
- 🏆 No hard annual pruning needed, unlike older crape myrtle varieties
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Lagerstroemia Black Diamond ‘White’
- 🤍 Pure white flower panicles 15–20 cm long against deep burgundy-black leaves
- ☀️ Full sun — 6 to 8 hours daily for strong leaf colour and heavy flowering
- 💧 Deep watering twice a week in summer; let the surface dry between waterings
- 🌡️ Temperature Tolerance: hardy to −17.8°C (USDA Zone 7); top growth dies back below −20.6°C and regrows from roots hardy to Zone 5. No upper limit is published — it wants heat.
- 📐 Compact 2–3 m tree — large pots, terraces and small gardens
- 🏆 Colour-stable foliage that does not turn green in summer heat
