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Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica 'SMNLIG'
Also called center stage pink and center stage pink crapemyrtle
Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle blooms from July through September.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 7–9. Expect it to reach about 9 ft tall and 8 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 5 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle
Plant Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 8, the middle of its hardy zones 7 to 9, spring means February to April and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from July to September.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 8, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 8 in February. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle get?
9 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult8 ftwideSee Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Give Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle about 8 ft of clear ground in every direction, measured from its center. It is one plant with room around it, not a row, and a raised bed is too small for it.
Add Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Center Stage Pink Crape Myrtle's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 12 published sources on October 13, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- NC State ExtensionPlant Toolboxsun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- growertalks.comMatthew Chappell, Virginia Tech, writing in GrowerTalks (August 1, 2021)height, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- Proven Winnersheight, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- springmeadownursery.comSpring Meadow Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, trait tags and soil
- springmeadownursery.comSpring Meadow Nursery professional grower sheetheight, hardiness zones, water, diseases and pests
- US plant patent (Google Patents)Google Patents HTMLheight, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- cdn4.creativecirclemedia.comClark Robertson, LSU AgCenter assistant county agent, The Livingston P...height, bloom months and color and trait tags
- dyckarboretum.orgDyck Arboretum of the Plains, FloraKansas 2024 plant guideheight and bloom months and color
- provenwinnerscolorchoice.comProven Winners ColorChoicewater and bloom months and color
- saundersbrothers.comSaunders Brothersheight, spread and hardiness zones
- Internet Archive (archived page)Spring Meadow Nursery, Internet Archive capture February 6, 2021hardiness zones
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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