Black Diamond® Pure White™ Crape Myrtle

Black and white is a classic combination. Elegant Black Diamond® Pure White™ Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia BLACK DIAMOND 'Pure White') represents the best of the best.

These boldly ornamental shrubs feature deliciously dark foliage set behind showy, long-lasting clusters of pristine white, crinkled blooms. Each year, you'll enjoy loads of bright white flowers against striking foliage.

The deeply colored foliage emerges almost black in appearance. The color stays true all season long, and its incredible flowering display lasts for months.

Even though its black and white coloration is dramatic, the overall look of Pure White Crape Myrtle reads as a neutral. The shrub supports any accent color you choose.

Pure White is a versatile and easy-care option to use throughout your landscape. You'll gain a fabulous backdrop for entertaining, and a valuable nectar source for butterflies.

It may be restrained in terms of color palette, but the beautiful blooms entice jewel-toned hummingbirds and butterflies to visit. They love the bright white ruffled blooms that keep coming from early summer to fall!

Black Diamond Crape Myrtles are easy care, dependable and disease resistant. They are even drought tolerant once they're established. We know that you will be in love with the beauty this shrub brings to your landscape.

The results will always be stunning with its sensational foliage and long-blooming flowers. This high-performing shrub draws your eye, whether you use several planted together to make a privacy screen, or keep it trimmed for a defining hedge.

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How to Use Black Diamond® Pure White™ Crape Myrtle in the Landscape

These versatile plants can be used in the ground when the winters aren't too cold. Allow them to reach to full height and spread, or hard prune to keep them much shorter if you prefer.

Add several of these shrubs for a dramatic presentation. They can be grown in large containers, or in the ground.

Repeat their use along the length of your perennial bed for a bold backdrop. Or, use them all on their own in a special shrub border.

Grow these out to enjoy high-end flowering privacy around your pool deck or property line. Create an outdoor garden room with flowering walls.

Plant them 12 feet apart on center, measuring from the center of one to the center of the next. Stagger a zigzagging second row if you want to see faster results!

They make a wonderfully private addition to the back of your patio seating area. Change out your seasonal throw pillows and candles for a fresh look each season.

Just imagine how cheery bright yellows, golds and orange-colored perennials would look blooming at its base! Love pink? Include pink-blooming Sedum groundcover.

Add a pop of peacock-blue with pillows and an outdoor rug. Or, jazz things up by edging the planting bed with a series of scarlet-red ceramic planters.

It's so easy to switch out the entire look on a whim. Keep your curated collectibles in an outdoor tote out of sight somewhere.

In Zone 6, this plant may need to be treated like a perennial. Cut it down to the ground each spring and enjoy the new growth from the roots. It can reach three feet high by the season's end.

Create a gorgeous low floral hedge by planting them two feet apart on center. Trim them to four-inches high in early spring each year. Line your driveway or define your sidewalk.

You can prune Pure White Crape Myrtle to fit into your favorite large container. Use a series of high-end containers to decorate your patio, pool deck or front porch.

Even Northern gardeners in Zones 3, 4 and 5 can easily grow them as a seasonal "Thriller" in containers. You'll get a designer look that really stands out.

#ProPlantTips for Care

Crape Myrtles need full sun with at least six hours of direct sunlight a day. Morning sun is preferred, because it will dry off the foliage from any overnight dew quickly.

Plant in well-drained soil. Create a raised bed for planting, or use them in containers, if you see puddles that remain a long time after a rain event in your preferred spot.

We recommend you give shrubs good air circulation. Plant at least 15 feet away from structures, so the air can play through its branches.

Apply a three-inch layer of pine straw or pine bark mulch. Pull the mulch at least six inches away to ensure that the mulch doesn't touch the stems.

When your shrubs are young, keep them well-hydrated with soakings every few days. Move to a weekly soaking after a month, and keep it up the first season.

Low maintenance Black Diamond Crape Myrtles are highly disease resistant. Once they are established in your soil, they'll become moderately drought tolerant.

Apply an organic, slow-release fertilizer designed for flowering plants in early spring. Follow application rates on the label.

Lawn fertilizers are heavy on nitrogen and will reduce flowering. Use care when fertilizing lawns with a broadcast spreader to avoid contact near your Pure White Crape Myrtles.

You'll enjoy the brightest foliage and boldest flower color by pruning in early spring. Remove old wood, and eliminate crossing branches. You'll also hard prune to control size at this time.

Deer seldom severely damage Crape Myrtles. Please note that if you live in an area with heavy deer pressure, you'll want to apply repellent on all new plants. Reapply according to the label directions.

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