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Comanche Crepe Myrtle
Lagerstroemia ‘Comanche’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Comanche Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia ‘Comanche’
‘Comanche’ belongs to the American bred group of Lagerstroemia hybrids developed for mildew resistance, which is the single biggest problem with older crepe myrtles in humid Australian summers. It carries large coral to deep pink flower panicles through the hottest months, colours orange red in autumn, and then reveals smooth mottled bark that peels to reveal fresh cinnamon toned wood underneath. Four distinct seasons of interest from a tree that fits a suburban block is a rare combination.
Why Comanche
Mildew resistance: Bred from the improved hybrid group, it holds clean foliage where older crepe myrtles grey over in humidity.
Peak summer flowering: The main flush lands in the middle of summer when most flowering trees have finished.
Exfoliating bark: Smooth trunks shed in patches through winter, leaving a mottled cinnamon and grey surface.
Autumn colour: Foliage turns orange to red before dropping, unusual reliability for a warm climate deciduous tree.
Drought tolerance: Once established it flowers well on limited water in hot, dry inland conditions.
Ideal Applications
Suburban street tree: Modest size and non invasive roots make it a standard choice for nature strips and front gardens.
Summer flowering avenue: Repeated along a driveway it produces a continuous band of colour through the holiday months.
Courtyard shade: It shades an outdoor area in summer and lets winter sun through once the leaves drop.
Multi stem feature: Grown with several trunks the mottled bark becomes the winter focal point of a bed.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2.5 to 3m centres for an informal deciduous screen
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3 to 3.5m centres in an avenue, 4m as a standalone specimen
Best Planting Season: Autumn or late winter while dormant, or spring into warming soil
Soil & Drainage: Free draining soil of moderate fertility. It tolerates poor ground and drought but flowers poorly in shade or wet feet
Establishment Care: Water deeply once a week through the first two summers, applying water to the root zone rather than over the canopy, since wet foliage encourages mildew. Mulch to 75mm clear of the trunk, prune in late winter to remove crossing wood and spent seed heads, and resist the hard stubbing back that ruins the natural branch structure.
Plant Details
Height: 3 to 4.5m
Width: 2.5 to 3.5m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun, which is essential for heavy flowering
Native to: A hybrid cultivar, with parent species from China, Korea and Japan
Flower Colour: Coral pink to deep pink
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
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Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
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How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







