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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 Kit: A Living Tribute of Strength and Renewal

The Scarlet Colorama Crapemyrtle is a vibrant ornamental tree that celebrates life with resilience and color. In Korean tradition, the crape myrtle is called bearong namu, meaning "hundred days crimson," and its extended flowering season has long symbolized devoted, enduring love. 

Each Treebute Kit includes everything needed to plant a memorial tree at home - a comforting experience many people find grounding during grief. This complete memorial tree kit is designed to be simple and meaningful at home. As your Crape Myrtle grows, it offers month after month of vivid color - a bold, beautiful reminder that love endures, even when it must transform.

Why You’ll Love the Scarlet Colorama Crapemyrtle

  • A Hundred Days of Brilliant Color: Most flowering trees bloom for a week or two. The Scarlet Colorama blooms for months - from early summer until the first frost - covering itself in clusters of deep scarlet-red flowers that look like crinkled crepe paper. It's an extended season of beauty that feels especially meaningful for a memorial.
  • Year-Round Appeal: This tree never stops giving. In spring, burgundy-tinged leaves emerge. Summer brings those fiery red blooms. Fall transforms the foliage to brilliant orange and red. And in winter, the smooth, peeling bark reveals cinnamon and tan layers - sculptural beauty even without leaves. There is no season when this tree is not beautiful.
  • Symbol of Resilience and Devoted Love: Crape myrtles have symbolized enduring love and devotion for centuries across cultures. They represent strength, resilience, and the ability to thrive through difficult conditions.
  • Low Maintenance: Once established, the Scarlet Colorama is drought-tolerant, heat-tolerant, and disease-resistant. It thrives in challenging conditions with minimal care - a fitting quality for a memorial that you want to last for decades. This tree asks for very little while giving so much,
  • Attracts Life to Your Garden: Butterflies, bees, and even hummingbirds are drawn to these vivid blooms. There's something comforting about planting a memorial that brings life and movement to your space - your tree becomes part of a living ecosystem, not just a quiet marker.

Each Treebute Kit Includes 

      ✓ Hardy tribute tree (size you select)
      ✓ Step-by-step planting & watering care guide
      ✓ Personalized memorial message

➕ Optional Add-Ons (Customize Your Treebute Kit)

o    Planter (choose your style & size)
o    Premium potting mix (for indoor or patio planting)
o    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 Tree:

Even if you’re new to planting, the Crapemyrtle is hardy and low-maintenance - perfect for creating a living memorial that lasts for years.

  • Light: Full sun is essential - at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily. The more sun, the more blooms.
  • Water: Water deeply during the first growing season. Once established, the Scarlet Colorama is drought-tolerant and needs water only during extended dry periods.
  • Soil: Adaptable to many soil types - from clay to loam - as long as drainage is good. Slightly acidic to neutral pH is ideal.
  • Pruning: Light pruning in late winter or early spring shapes the tree and encourages even more blooms. No heavy pruning needed - let your tree grow naturally

Each moment caring for your tree - watering through the first summer, watching the blooms multiply year after year - becomes a quiet act of remembrance.

Optional: Plant with Cremation Ashes - The Treebute® Difference

For those wishing to include cremation ashes, each Treebute Kit offers the option to add Treebute® organic soil blend. This scientifically formulated mixture balances the naturally high pH and sodium levels in cremated remains, safely transforming them into a nourishing foundation for your tree - transforming ashes into living growth. It’s a gentle, healing option if and when the time feels right.

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

Honor Your Loved One in a Way That Lives On 

Finding a meaningful way to honor someone you love can feel overwhelming. When words fall short, the Scarlet Colorama Crapemyrtle speaks boldly through color and life. Its vivid red blossoms are a reminder of love that never fades - growing stronger, brighter, and more beautiful with each passing season.

Grief can feel unpredictable. The act of planting and nurturing something new offers steady, quiet reassurance. The Scarlet Colorama Crapemyrtle Treebute Kit offers a way to honor your loved one's life through growth and beauty. 

The act of planting creates meaning. The hundred days of blooms create remembrance. The tree creates a legacy. 

A Living Memorial That Refuses to Be Quiet. A Tribute You Can Count On.

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:
AZ, OR
Growing Zones:
6-10 outdoors

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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 grow a Crape Myrtle indoors?

The Scarlet Colorama Crape Myrtle is an outdoor tree that needs full sun (6-8+ hours) to bloom properly. It thrives in USDA zones 6-10 and is remarkably drought-tolerant once established. For indoor memorial options, consider our Meyer Lemon or Olive Tree Treebute Kits.

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.