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Lagerstroemia indica ‘Ebony Glow’ (BD Blush)
(USDA Plant Release Notice, March 2013): Deciduous, upright, spreading shrub to 1.6 m high and 0.7 m wide after 5 years; leaves elliptical, 5 cm long and 3 cm wide, young leaves dark red (Greyed-Purple 187A) (RHS, 2001), later dark greyish purple (Black 202A) during the season; inflorescences 10 cm long and 8 cm wide with flowers opening light purple-pink (Red-Purple 69D) and then turning yellowish white on the second day (White 155D); created as a hybrid between seed parent ‘Whit I’ (RASPBERRY SUNDAE®) and an inbred seedling of ‘Chocolate Mocha’ (DELTA JAZZ®) as pollen parent; introduced in 2013 by USDA and Mississippi State University. Name registered 10 May 2013.
= PCM 38 [selection number], BLACK DIAMOND® BLUSH.
BLACK DIAMOND® BLUSH™ (J. Berry Nursery, Grand Saline, TX. Website: https://www.jberrynursery.com/portfolio/crape-myrtles), listed without correct cultivar name (2018); originally listed (2015) as BLACK DIAMOND® ‘Blush’.
= ‘Ebony Glow’ , PCM 38 (Source : Checklist Lagerstroemia USDA/ARS National Arboretum )
| Flower colour | Light pink | |
| Flowering period | Late (from September) | |
| Height | 300-400 cm | |
| Form | Straight round | |
| Hardy | -14 °C | |
| Additional info | Blooms harder at our place is taken for exceptionally dark foliage. |
