• Scarlet Colorama Crapemyrtle tree in full summer bloom with bright red flowers as part of a Treebute memorial kit honoring a loved one or pet in a living way.
  • Close-up of bright red blossoms on a Scarlet Colorama Crapemyrtle sympathy tree kit for a grieving family.
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Scarlet Colorama™ Crapemyrtle

Scarlet Colorama™ Crapemyrtle

The Scarlet Colorama Crapemyrtle is a vibrant, compact ornamental tree known for its brilliant red flowers and low-maintenance care. Its deep scarlet-red blooms sets the landscap ablaze from early summer until the first frost - often a hundred days or more.

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Scarlet Colorama™ Crapemyrtle Treebute

A tribute that blazes with vivid red blooms from summer through the first fall frost.

The Scarlet Colorama™ Crapemyrtle delivers masses of vibrant scarlet-red flowers against deep green foliage, blooming continuously from early summer all the way until first frost. Fast-growing, drought-tolerant, and remarkably cold-hardy, it's a striking, low-maintenance tribute with mottled, exfoliating bark that adds interest through winter too.

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 Scarlet Colorama™ Crapemyrtle

  • An exceptionally long bloom season: vivid scarlet-red flowers cover the tree continuously from early summer all the way until the first fall frost.
  • Fast-growing and reliable: reaches its mature size within just a few years, so your tribute establishes itself quickly.
  • Year-round visual interest: rich fall foliage color gives way to mottled, exfoliating bark that stands out through winter, once the leaves have dropped.


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 Scarlet Colorama™ Crapemyrtle is fast-growing and low-maintenance, rewarding simple care with months of vivid red blooms.

  • Light: Full sun. At least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily brings out the fullest bloom and richest foliage color.

  • Water: Water deeply but infrequently to encourage deep root growth. Once established, it's drought-tolerant and needs only occasional watering during dry spells.

  • Space: Plan for a mature size of about 15 to 20 feet tall and 8 to 12 feet wide, so give it room away from structures and other large trees.

Prune in late winter or early spring, before new growth appears, to shape the tree and remove any dead or damaged branches. Avoid excessive pruning, since it can reduce next season's bloom.

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 x 'JM1' PPAF
Growth Rate Value:
Moderate
Mature Height Value:
15-20 ft.
Mature Width Value:
8-12 ft.
Sunlight Value:
Full Sun
Does Not Ship To:
AK, AZ, HI, OR
Growing Zones:
6-10 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.

Do I need ashes to plant a Crape Myrtle memorial tree?

No. Treebute Kits work beautifully as living memorials without cremation ashes. The cremation-safe soil is an optional add-on for those who want to incorporate ashes. Your Scarlet Colorama Crape Myrtle is meaningful either way - the months of fiery blooms honor your loved one regardless.

What's included in the Scarlet Colorama Crape Myrtle Treebute Kit?

Each kit includes a young, healthy Scarlet Colorama Crape Myrtle tree; a step-by-step planting & watering care guide; and a personalized memorial message. One thoughtfully packaged kit - everything arrives together, ready to plant.

Can I plant a Crape Myrtle with cremation ashes?

Yes. Treebute Kits offer the option to add Treebute® organic soil blend specially formulated to safely mix with cremation ashes and offset the naturally high pH and sodium level, creating a nurturing foundation for tree growth. Your Crape Myrtle becomes a living tribute that blooms brilliantly for months each year.

How long does the Scarlet Colorama Crape Myrtle bloom?

The Scarlet Colorama blooms from early summer until the first frost - often 100 days or more of continuous fiery red flowers. This exceptionally long bloom period is one of the reasons crape myrtles are called "hundred days crimson" in Korean tradition.

How big does the Scarlet Colorama Crape Myrtle get?

A mature Scarlet Colorama typically reaches 15-20 feet tall and 8-12 feet wide. It's a fast-growing, vigorous tree that reaches mature size within a few years. Light pruning in late winter can shape the tree to your preferred size.

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.