
We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a backfill soil for Cherry Dazzle Shrubs because more times than not these products will retain entirely to much moisture and will cause the root system to rot. Depending on the quality of your existing soil, you may need to add a locally-sourced compost or topsoil to the backfill soil.

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Cherry Dazzle Crape Myrtle Shrubs that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. Planting Cherry Dazzle Crape Myrtle Shrubs Flowers give way to round seed capsules which often persist well into winter on this Crape Myrtle Dwarf. Dark green foliage turns burgundy-red in fall. If spent flowers are promptly deadheaded, additional flowers will continue to bloom into fall. It features red buds opening to crepe-papery inflorescences of cherry red flowers in summer. It’s disease resistant and cold-tolerant.Īs a member of the RAZZLE DAZZLE series, developed at a Michael Dirr breeding program at the Center for Applied Nursery Research in Dearing, Georgia, the Cherry Dazzle is noted for ease of care, excellent flower colors, handsome foliage, compact habit, and good disease resistance.Ĭherry Dazzle Crape Myrtle is a deciduous, spreading, multi-stemmed shrub that typically matures to 3’ tall and 4’ wide.


This moderate grower reaches 3 to 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. New growth is a bronze-red that turns deep green in summer and a purplish-red in fall. Cherry Dazzle Crape Myrtle for Sale OnlineĬherry Dazzle Crape Myrtle is a mounding Dwarf Crepe myrtle that is covered by cherry-red blooms from summer to fall.
