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Fantasy Crepe Myrtle
Lagerstroemia fauriei ‘Fantasy’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 45L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 100L about 2.5 to 3.5m, 150L about 2.5 to 3.5m, 300L about 3 to 4.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 1.2m of clear, level access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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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.
Fantasy Crepe Myrtle - Lagerstroemia fauriei ‘Fantasy’
‘Fantasy’ is grown for bark as much as for bloom. Lagerstroemia fauriei ‘Fantasy’ is a Japanese species crepe myrtle rather than one of the Indian hybrids, making a tall vase-shaped tree whose trunk peels away to polished cinnamon and mahogany that stays clean and exposed all winter. It flowers white in mid to late summer, colours orange and yellow in autumn, and it carries strong resistance to the powdery mildew that ruins older crepe myrtles.
Why Fantasy Crepe Myrtle
Cinnamon Bark: The peeling trunk is the finest of any crepe myrtle and is the reason this cultivar is specified in high profile landscapes.
Tall Vase Form: Upright branching lifts the canopy clear of pedestrians and cars, unlike the shrubby Indian hybrids.
White Summer Flower: Panicles of white bloom arrive in the January to February gap when few trees are flowering.
Mildew Resistance: Foliage stays clean in humid coastal summers that grey out older varieties.
Autumn Colour: Reliable orange and gold tones before leaf drop, then a bare sculptural trunk.
Ideal Applications
Driveway Avenue: The vase habit and clean trunk make it one of the best deciduous avenue trees for warm Australian climates.
Uplit Courtyard Feature: The bark rewards landscape lighting more than almost any other small tree.
Street and Car Park Planting: Heat tolerant, drought hardy and structurally sound in paved settings.
Multi-Stem Specimen: Grown with several leaders it becomes a sculptural centrepiece in a lawn.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 4 to 5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 6 to 8m
Best Planting Season: Late autumn through winter while dormant, or early spring in cold districts
Soil & Drainage: Free-draining loam, clay loam or improved sand across a wide pH range. It is drought hardy once established but will not tolerate waterlogged ground
Establishment Care: Water deeply once a week through the first two summers so flowering is not compromised while roots extend. Mulch a wide ring clear of the trunk and resist the urge to top or stub-prune, since hard heading destroys the natural vase form this cultivar is grown for.
Plant Details
Height: 8 to 12m
Width: 5 to 8m
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: Japan, on Yakushima and nearby islands
Flower Colour: White
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.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
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
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
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.







