Is Crape Myrtle deer resistant?
Lagerstroemia indica
Plant typeShrubHardinessZones 6–9LightFull sun
Mature height72–360 in
BloomSummerMaintenanceLow, mostly leave it alone
About Crape Myrtle
Months of summer flower plus peeling cinnamon bark. Do not top it into stubs each spring, which ruins the branch structure permanently and produces weak whippy growth.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 5.5 to 7
- Drainage
- Well drained
- Water
- Low
- Spacing
- 94 to 142 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Crape Myrtle
Other shrubs with the same deer rating.
- Antelope BitterbrushPurshia tridentataSeldom damaged
- Anthony Waterer SpireaSpiraea x bumaldaZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Apache PlumeFallugia paradoxaZones 6–10Seldom damaged
- Armstrong JuniperJuniperus chinensis 'Armstrongii'Zones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn OliveElaeagnus umbellataZones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn SageSalvia greggiiZones 6–9Seldom damaged
Where Crape Myrtle grows
Hardy across most of these 46 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Crape Myrtle
- Is Crape Myrtle deer resistant?
- Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Crape Myrtle grow in?
- Crape Myrtle is hardy in USDA zones 6 to 9. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Crape Myrtle grow in shade?
- No. Crape Myrtle wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.
- How big does Crape Myrtle get?
- Mature height is roughly 72–360 in. Growth rate is fast.