Dynamite Red Crape Myrtle TreePhoenix's Most Dramatic Red Flowering Shade Tree Dynamite Red Crape Myrtle Tree Dynamite Red Crape Myrtle Tree (Lagerstroemia indica) is Phoenix's premier red flowering deciduous shade tree delivering explosively vivid crimson blooms on a striking multi trunk tree form all summer long. Trained upright to 1525 feet tall with a 1220 foot canopy, this fast growing powerhouse provides real shade while bursting with color from May through October. Once

Established trees usually recover in spring

Whether you're shading a patio in Scottsdale

it produces hundreds of bulbils (baby plants) on the flower stalk that can be easily propagated

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while true cacti have clear sap

and irrigation lines if planted too close

so it shrugs off Valley frosts with no protection

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giving the plant 6–8 months to settle in before its first Phoenix summer

since wet soil is the main warm-season risk

or adding seasonal drama to a Phoenix xeriscape — Nashville Grass delivers exceptional beauty with minimal effort

Lady Banks Rose: a vigorous climbing rose to anchor the back of a rose bed