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Nestled in the leafy Adelaide Hills, Aldgate Tree Farm is a boutique nursery specialising primarily in magnolias and ornamental trees.
Crepe Myrtle Acoma - Lagerstroemia indica x L. fauriei 'Acoma'
Crepe Myrtle Acoma - Lagerstroemia indica x L. fauriei 'Acoma'
Crepe Myrtle Acoms is a beautiful and tough, powdery mildew resistant cultivar is of great ornamental value for its abundant white flowers and attractive bark and foliage. This large rounded small tree can also be grown in large containers and makes an excellent garden specimen.
The young leaves of the Crepe Myrtle Acoma are tinged strongly with bronze. Mature dark green lustrous leaves turning dark purplish-red in autumn.
Acoma produces pure white flowers with prominent gold anthers borne in panicles to 18 cm long and 12 cm wide. Summer to early autumn. Pruning in winter will encourage the production of larger flower heads the following summer.
This beautiful Crepe Myrtle grows to 3m tall and 3m wide at maturity.