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Acoma Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei ‘Acoma’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Tree, Fauriei Hybrid
Height at Maturity: 6-10′
Width at Maturity: 6-10′
Spacing: 6′ for solid hedge; 12’+ for space between plants
Spacing: 6′ for solid hedge; 12’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Broad Canopy, Rounded Canopy, Weeping Branches
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering Period: Mid-Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Flower Type: Single flowers in large rounded to elongated clusters
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fall Foliage Color: Reddish Purple
Fall Foliage Color: Reddish Purple
Fragrant Foliage: No
Bark Color: Grey
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage: Well Drained
Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Moderate Drought, Heat, Humidity
Description
When it comes to flowering trees, there’s simply no others more showy than Crape Myrtles. They bloom for up to 100 days during summer, when there are few other trees and shrubs providing that service in the landscape. Colorful fall foliage and attractive exfoliating bark in winter enhance their overall appeal. It’s no wonder they are so wildly popular among designers and gardeners!
‘Acoma’ is a “Fauriei Hybrid” Crape Myrtle of pristine beauty with a gentle weeping habit. Throughout the summer months, the lustrous, glossy, dark green leaves on weeping branches provide a crisp backdrop for the snowy white flowers, a cooling counterpoint to the boisterous heat of summer. Grow it as a large, mounding shrub with branches weeping to the ground, or remove lower branches to form a distinctive small tree that serves as a fine focal point specimen in your landscape. This beauty deserves a spot in every garden where it will grow!
No more problems with powdery mildew! ‘Acoma’ is one of the esteemed Fauriei Hybrid Crape Myrtles that is totally resistant to powdery mildew; an unsightly disease which shows up during summer as a white powdery substance covering the leaves on many other types of crape myrtle.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing to 6 to 10 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet or so wide with a weeping habit, Acoma Crape Myrtle can be grown as a large shrub or small tree. As a shrub it is is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a colorful natural hedge. As this crape myrtle grows, lower branches can be removed to desired height to form a small weeping tree useful as an attractive focal point specimen in landscape borders or home foundation planting. Whether planted as a specimen or in groupings, this is one plant that is sure to stand out in the landscape!
Spacing: 6 feet apart for solid hedge; 12 feet or more for space between plants
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.
Growing Preferences
Acoma Crape Myrtle is very easy to grow. It is not picky about soil type provided the soil is well-drained. A moist but well-drained soil of average fertility is preferred. Full sun is preferred and results in heavier flower production. Light shade is tolerated but flowering will be diminished in more shade. Has shown excellent resistance to powdery mildew and is quite drought tolerant when established.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Crape Myrtle trees.
How To Plant A Crape Myrtle In The Ground Or In A Pot
How To Prune a Crape Myrtle Tree the Right Way
How To Fertilize & Water A Crape Myrtle
How To Prune a Dwarf Crape Myrtle
Choosing the Right Crape Myrtle
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The day the tree arrived by FedEx my daughter and son-in-law were here. I am 80. Timing was excellent. My daughter took it out of the box for me and my son-in-law planted it with my help. What a beautiful tree. Can’t wait for it to bloom. It is nicely shaped and I am very well pleased. Thank you.———————————–You are very welcome! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
This is my second acoma crape myrtle from Wilson’s. I was so blown away at the first one, I ordered another. Both are doing fabulously. Happy well-formed elegant trees. Thank you!——————————————–You’re welcome. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy your purchase for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
The plant arrived in excellent condition and perfectly packaged. It’s doing great in its new location.—————————————————Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I purchased an Acoma in a 3 gallon pot. It’s actually bigger than I expected it to be. The leaves were beautiful and still in their Spring color. I’ve had it for about a month now and haven’t seen any signs of disease and it seems to be taking well in the area I planted it. Customer service was really good. I’m a first time home buyer and felt way in over my head when it came to planting a tree. I asked a million questions with follow up questions and always got a very detailed email the same day. I had actually emailed another company first but they never responded so that’s why I chose Wilson Bros. Picture is of the day it arrived. It was packaged very well and no harm was done to any branches.——————————————————-Thanks for the photo! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Crepe myrtle arrived on time in great condition. It’s already leafing out. Love it!——————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
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