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Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle

Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle

The Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle brings deep raspberry-pink blooms to a compact, 3 to 4 foot shrub, flowering from early summer into fall. A colorful tribute sized just right for smaller spaces.

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Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle Treebute

A compact tribute in deep raspberry-pink, blooming earlier and longer than a standard crape myrtle.

The Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle brings the classic crape myrtle bloom into a true dwarf shrub size, its dense, rounded mound covered in deep raspberry-pink flower clusters from early summer into fall. Beginning to bloom weeks before other crape myrtles and resistant to powdery mildew, it's a compact, low-maintenance tribute well-suited to a foundation bed, container, or small garden.

Each Treebute is a complete memorial tree kit designed to be planted at home, a hands-on ritual that many people find grounding and healing.

The act of planting gives your hands something purposeful to do and creates meaning, forming a living connection that continues to grow.


What Happens After You Order

Step 1

Your tree is prepared and shipped with care from our nursery.

Step 2

Your kit arrives ready to plant, with your healthy tree, care guide, and personalized memorial message.

Step 3

Follow the simple steps to plant your living memorial, whenever the time feels right.

Step 4

Care for your tree, and watch it grow over the years.

Why You'll Love the Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle

  • A long, early bloom season: deep raspberry-pink flowers begin about three weeks earlier than other crape myrtles and continue steadily from early summer into fall.
  • A truly compact size: stays just 3 to 4 feet tall and wide, bringing crape myrtle color to foundation beds, small gardens, and containers where a full-sized tree wouldn't fit.
  • Naturally resilient: bred for strong resistance to powdery mildew, along with deer resistance and heat and drought tolerance once established.


A Living Memorial That Grows With You

Finding a meaningful way to honor someone you love can feel overwhelming. A Treebute tree offers something different, a living expression of love that grows stronger each year. It gives your hands something to do and your heart something to hold.

The act of planting creates meaning. The growth creates hope. The tree creates a place to remember.

What Comes With Your Treebute Kit
  • Hardy tribute tree (size you select)
  • Step-by-step planting & watering care guide
  • Personalized memorial message

Optional Add-Ons (Customize Your Treebute Kit)

  • Planter (choose your style & size)
  • Premium potting mix (for patio planting)
  • Cremation-safe organic soil blend (for ashes, if/when you're ready)

Many customers plant without ashes - and that's just as meaningful.

Everything arrives together, ready to plant.

Nurturing Your Memorial Tribute

Even if you're new to planting, the Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle is compact and forgiving, rewarding simple care with months of vivid raspberry-pink blooms.

  • Light: Full sun, at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily, for the strongest, most abundant blooms.

  • Water: Water regularly while your shrub is establishing. Once settled, it's drought-tolerant, needing only occasional watering during prolonged dry spells.

  • Space: Plan for a mature size of about 3 to 4 feet tall and wide, a naturally rounded, mounded form that fits neatly into beds, borders, or large containers.

This shrub blooms on new wood, so prune only in earliest spring to encourage strong flowering, avoiding pruning in fall or winter. Regular deadheading through the season helps keep the blooms coming.

Optional: Plant with Cremation Ashes - The Treebute® Difference

For those wishing to incorporate cremation ashes, your kit includes the option to add our Treebute® organic soil blend. This specially formulated mixture creates a safe, nurturing foundation for your tree - transforming ashes into living growth.

Your tree is meaningful with or without ashes - this is simply another way to honor someone you love.

Plant Specifications:

Bloom Time:
Summer to Fall
Botanical Name:
Lagerstroemia indica 'Conlagras'
Growth Rate Value:
Moderate
Mature Height Value:
3-4 ft.
Mature Width Value:
3-4 ft.
Sunlight Value:
Full Sun
Does Not Ship To:
AK, AZ, HI, OR
Growing Zones:
5-9 outdoors

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What if they're not ready to plant right away?

The kit includes simple instructions to care for your tree until planting time. Many customers plant on a significant date, a birthday, an anniversary, or another day that feels right.

What's included in the Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle memorial kit?

Your kit includes a healthy Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle in the size you select, a step-by-step planting and care guide, and a personalized memorial message. Optional add-ons like a planter or premium potting mix are also available.

Can I plant this in memory of a pet?

Yes. The Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle is a meaningful tribute for a pet as well as a person, and its compact size makes it a fitting presence close to home.

How big does it get, and how long does it live?

At maturity, expect around 3 to 4 feet tall and wide. In colder regions, it may die back to the roots each winter and return reliably each spring, while in warmer climates it can remain a colorful, healthy part of your landscape for many years.

When does it bloom, and how much care does it need?

It flowers from early summer into fall, earlier than most other crape myrtles. Once established, it needs only occasional watering, light spring pruning, and regular deadheading to keep blooms coming.

What if I'm not ready to plant yet?

Plant a Bellini® Raspberry Crape Myrtle as a living memorial for person or pet. Raspberry-pink blooms, summer into fall. Complete kit ships ready to plant.

Can I plant ashes without any special soil treatment?

We strongly advise against it and doing so will void the Warranty. Planting cremation ashes directly with a tree, without proper treatment, can stress or even kill the plant. The high sodium and pH levels create conditions that are hostile to root development. If you want your memorial tree to thrive for years to come, using the Treebute Organic Soil Blend is essential when incorporating ashes.

What makes Treebute different from other memorial tree options?

Treebute is designed to be planted at home, in your own yard, patio, or indoor space. Unlike distant memorial forests where a tree is planted somewhere you may never visit, a Treebute grows right where you can see it. It becomes a gentle, living presence in your daily life.

Every kit includes a healthy tree of your choice, clear planting and care instructions, and the option to add scientifically formulated soil for safe ash incorporation. And our team understands that every memorial is deeply personal.

How is this different from having a tree planted in a forest?

Forest donation programs plant something far away and send a card. A Treebute Kit delivers a real, living plant to your door, or to your recipient's door, so it can be planted and tended at home and seen every day. It becomes part of daily life, not a distant certificate.