HOW TO CARE FOR BLACK DIAMOND® CRAPEMYRTLES
COLOR
BEST REDTM CRIMSON REDTM LAVENDER LACETM
PP#27,335BLUSHTM
BLOOM
COLORS
PURE WHITETM
MYSTIC MAGENTATM
PP#28,064 PURELY PURPLETM
PP#28,086 RED HOTTM SHELL PINKTM
PP#28,065
Diamonds are a gardener’s best friend. Keep the “four C’s” in mind when caring for your Black Diamond®
Crapemyrtles: Color, Carats, Clarity, and Cut. (And don’t forget to select a great setting!) Here’s how to
care for your Black Diamond® Crapemyrtles so they truly are forever beautiful in the landscape.
All black diamonds have gorgeous black leaves, but the flowers
come in a rainbow of colors. Which will look best in your garden?
CLARITY Black Diamond® Crapemyrtles thrive and show off
their colors when they have plenty of sunlight.
Make sure they receive at least 6-8 hours of sun per day for truly lustrous black foliage. If you find that the tips
of the branches aren’t leafing out in the spring, they might have experienced a bit of winterkill. Just cut back to
green growth.
BEST REDTM CRYSTALLINETM
RADIANT REDTM
PRECIOUS PINKTM
PAVE PINKTM
BLOOM
COLORS
Looking for something small and sparkly or big and bodacious?
Find the Black Diamond® that’s the perfect size for its home.
CARATS
What’s a gorgeous diamond without the right setting?
SETTING
OPEN TREE FORM
Black Diamond® Blush™
Black Diamond® Red Hot™
Black Diamond® Shell Pink™ ppaf
Black Diamond® Pure White™
TREE OR SHRUB FORM
Black Diamond® Crimson Red™
Black Diamond® Mystic Magenta™ ppaf
Black Diamond® Purely Purple™ ppaf
BUSHY SHRUB FORM
Black Diamond® Best Red™
Black Diamond® Lavender Lace™ PP 27335
Black Diamond® Crapemyrtles are
cold hardy (will survive the winter)
in zones 6 and higher. In zones 2, 3,
4 and 5, you can still enjoy Black
Diamond® Crapemyrtles as thriller
plants in container gardens, or as
annuals in the landscape. During
particularly cold years in zone 6,
Black Diamonds might die back to
the ground, but they will re-emerge
in the spring with fresh new foliage.
HOW TO PLANT BLACK
DIAMOND® CRAPEMYR-
TLES IN THE GROUND
TO PLANT:
1. Set the container on the ground
where you want the plant to be.
2. Use a shovel to dig a circle around
the container so you’ll end up with
a hole about twice as wide as the
container.
3. Dig a hole that is just as deep as
the container. (Test the depth by
sitting the container in the hole
HOW TO PLANT BLACK
DIAMOND® CRAPEMYR-
TLES IN CONTAINERS
Select a pot or container that is at
least six inches wider in diameter
than the pot containing the Black
Diamond® Crapemyrtle. Fill the pot
about halfway with soil and then
place the plant in the container. You
will want the top of the rootball of
the plant to rest about 1 inch below
the top of the container, leaving
room for watering.
The top of the soil in the container
should be at or slightly above the
edge of the planting hole.
4.
Remove the plant from the container
and place it in the planting hole.
5. Fill in the hole with the same soil
you removed. Do not mix the soil
with anything or refill the hole with
completely different soil.
6.
Spread mulch 3 inches deep around
the base of the plant, taking care not
to let the mulch touch the plant stems.
7. Water well and enjoy!
Enjoy Black Diamonds in
Container Gardens or as
annuals in the Landscape
Plant Black Diamonds
in Containers or the
Landscape
To maintain as a shrub, decide
the height you’d like to main-
tain and cut back branches
that are unevenly tall or taller
than you wish to that height.
Always cut back to a leaf. Vary
the height of cut branches
slightly (2-3 inches) with the
center slightly taller than the
outside of the shrub.
For more tips about how to
prune your Black Diamond®
Crapemyrtles watch this
short video.
WATERING
Water your Black Diamond®
Crape Myrtles every other day
after you plant them in the
ground and twice a week right
after they have be planted in
containers. After two weeks,
water when the top inch of
soil is dry (every four or five
days, approximately). After
six weeks cut back to watering
every 10 days or so. If you
are not seeing blooms by
Mid-Summer-cut back
on watering.
FEEDING
Fertilize once per year in the
late spring when new growth
starts to emerge. Use a balanced
slow release fertilizer accord-
ing to package instructions.
Use a bloom booster fertilizer
in the summer if you are not
seeing flowers by July/August.
To prune as a small tree, select the best three to five upright growing
branches and trim away the other branches crowding out the main limbs.
CUT
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