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Center Stage Red Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica 'SMNLCIBF'
Also called center stage red and center stage red crapemyrtle
Center Stage Red Crape Myrtle blooms from August through September.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Center Stage Red Crape Myrtle
Plant it in full sun. It prefers low 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 Red 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 Red Crape Myrtle
Plant Center Stage Red 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 August 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 Red Crape Myrtle get?
9 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult8 ftwideSee Center Stage Red 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 Red 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 Red 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 Red 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 Red Crape Myrtle's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 15 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 and soil
- Proven Winnersheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- botanicgardens.uw.eduUniversity of Washington, 2021-2022 Climate-Ready Landscape Plants tri...height, spread, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- NC State ExtensionPlant Toolboxsun, water, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- uclpit.ucdavis.eduUniversity of California, South Coast Research and Extension Center, 2...height, spread, water and bloom months and color
- US plant patent (Google Patents)US plant patent PP32,515 via Google Patentsheight, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- springmeadownursery.comSpring Meadow Nurseryhardiness zones, water, trait tags and soil
- springmeadownursery.comSpring Meadow Nursery, Center Stage Red professional grower sheethardiness zones, water, diseases and pests
- lnla.memberclicks.netJason Stagg, LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station, in LNLA Quarterly...height and bloom months and color
- uclpit.ucdavis.eduUniversity of California, Davis, 2022 trial tablesbloom months and color
- Proven WinnersCoral controlwater
- provenwinnerscolorchoice.comProven Winners ColorChoicewater
- provenwinnerscolorchoice.comProven Winners ColorChoice (Coral control)water
- springmeadownursery.comSpring Meadow Nursery (Coral control)water
- springmeadownursery.comSpring Meadow Nursery, Center Stage Coral professional grower sheet (c...water
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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