Ruby Thunderstruck Crape Myrtle is an upright ornamental tree known for its striking ruby red blooms and rich dark foliage. This live perennial plant offers vibrant seasonal color from summer through fall, making it ideal for landscape accents, specimen plantings, privacy screens, and decorative garden displays.

Featuring brilliant ruby red flower clusters that contrast beautifully with deep-colored leaves, this tree creates a notable landscape feature throughout the growing season. Mature plants typically reach 12–18 feet in height and 8–10 feet in width with proper care. Its vigorous growth and extended blooming period make it suitable for residential landscapes and garden focal points.

Important Note: You will receive a live starter plant. Photos show mature flowering trees for reference only. Actual plant size, shape, fullness, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

• Ruby red blooms from summer through fall
• Rich dark ornamental foliage
• Upright growth habit
• Mature height approximately 12–18 feet
• Mature width approximately 8–10 feet
• Excellent landscape focal point
• Long blooming season
• Suitable for specimen planting
• Decorative flowering tree
• Live perennial landscape plant

Plant Details:

• Common Name: Ruby Thunderstruck Crape Myrtle
• Scientific Name: Lagerstroemia hybrid 'Ruby Thunderstruck'
• Plant Type: Flowering Tree
• Life Cycle: Perennial
• Flower/Fruit Color: Ruby Red
• Sunlight: Full Sun
• Soil: Well-draining garden soil
• Water: Moderate watering
• USDA Zone: 6–9

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.