One of several planted along a fence line in a rural landscape on Hotz Road near Thomaston, this black diamond Crimson Red crape myrtle is a shrub size that can get as large as 8-12 feet tall and ...

Plants that are becoming much more plentiful in Florida landscapes are Black Diamond crape myrtles, developed by the J. Berry Nursery in Texas. Dark-leaved shrubs that grow 10 to 12 feet tall in ...

The smaller crape myrtles you are likely to find in garden centers or big box stores have names that include Delta, Black Diamond, Ebony, Magic, Enduring Summer, and Early Bird.

Black-leaved plants are valued by gardeners because they’re unusual and provide striking contrasts in the landscape. Both the Ebony and Black Diamond series of crape myrtles feature wonderfully ...