Dynamite Crape Myrtle Size:2-3 ft. The exceptionally heavy fruit set

The exceptionally heavy fruit set that characterizes this cultivar draws songbirds

The red will fade with the summer heat

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and other small pollinators during that narrow window when few other woody plants are blooming

which ripen in late summer and persist into fall

Dynamite Crape Myrtle Size:2-3 ft. The exceptionally heavy fruit setDynamite arrives in the summer landscape like its name suggests an explosion of cherry red that covers the canopy from mid summer through early fall in panicles reaching 6 to 14 inches in length. What makes this cultivar genuinely remarkable is the color itself: a true, clear red that held no precedent in the crape myrtle world at the time of its introduction. Earlier red flowered selections leaned toward watermelon, magenta, or murky rose, but