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Crape Myrtle, White Crape Myrtle
These small, multi-branched shrubs to small single-trunked trees are known for their ornamental flowers, bark and foliage. The large showy clusters of flowers range from white to pink to red to purple.

Crape Myrtle Varieties
Prepared by Paul Thompson, County Extension Agent, Berkeley & Dorchester Counties; F.

Crape Myrtle Bonsai
Crape myrtle Bonsai- Lagerstroemia sp. pictures courtesy of Paul Pikel Orlando Bonsai
Crape myrtle - Lagerstroemia sp.

64. Crape Myrtle
(Lagerstroemia indica)
Other Common Name: Crepe Myrtle
Family: Lythraceae ...

Seven-son Flower, Crape Myrtle of the North
Scientific Name: Heptacodium miconioides Rehder
Synonym:
Family: Caprifoliaceae ...

( Acoma Crape Myrtle )
Acoma has a low spreading form with almost pendulous branches. Mature height is 10 feet tall and 11 feet wide. June to September flowers are white. Fall color is purplish-red. This crepe myrtle is mildew resistant.

So, what is the point of butchering our crape myrtles and what drives seemingly logical people to this unspeakable act?

Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
Common Crape myrtle [KRAPE-MUR-tul] is an excellent ornamental plant for residential yards and gardens.

Crape Myrtle
Crape myrtle is a fast-growing, small to medium-sized, deciduous tree that produces large, colorful flowers over a long period from midsummer to fall. The foliage is attractive in fall and the textured bark provides winter interest.

Crape myrtle bushes need a proper yearly pruning to keep them healthy and looking their best.
Fragrant Plants for Summer Gardens ...

Crape myrtle is an upright deciduous tree or large shrub. Dark green leaves emerge bronze. White, pink, red, or purple flowers appear from summer to autumn. Peeling gray-and-brown bark is attractive.

Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle
la-ger-STRO-me-a
About 50 species of deciduous or evergreen shrubs and trees. Leaves opposite, however apical ones are frequently alternate, usually ovate, base rounded, margin entire.

This crape myrtle has been shaped into a small tree by removing suckers and limbing up the main stems. Its hot pink blossoms sizzle on a Capitol Center plaza in Tallahassee, Florida.
Description ...

COMMON: Crape Myrtle
LEAVES: Dark green, orange to russet fall color, deciduous
SIZE: 20 to 30' tall, 15 to 20 feet wide
HABIT: Upright, multi-stemmed, small tree
GROWTH RATE: Medium to Fast
FLOWERS: Dark pink, July-September ...

Little Plum Crape Myrtle [English]: Lagerstroemia indica 'Little Plum'
Little Plum Lewisia [English]: Lewisia cotyledon 'Little Plum'
Little Plum Lewisia [English]: Lewisia 'Little Plum' ...

Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
Crassula (Crassula species)
Creeping bent grass (Agrostis palustris)
Creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis, Juniperus communis)
Creeping lilyturf, blue lilyturf (Liriope muscari, Liriope spicata) ...

crape myrtle Lagerstroemia indica
creeping bell flower; rover bellflower Campanula rapunculoides
creeping bentgrass Agrostis stolonifera
creeping bugleweed; carpet bugleweed Ajuga reptans
creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens ...

Lagerstroemia indica Crape myrtle
Ligustrum Privet[1][23]
Malus Apple[1][20][23]
Olea europaea Olive[1]
Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa pine[20]
Platanus Sycamore[1][20][23]
Populus Poplar[15][20]
Prunus Prunus
Prunus avium Cherry[20] ...

3109 Lagerstroemia flos reginae - seeds
Queens Crape Myrtle, Queens flower, Pride of India, Banaba. Beautiful tropical tree. Easily identified from the distance by its masses of violet blooms covering the tree.
Temperature of germination: 50-55F.

Yankees call it the cowpea, a name never heard south of the lilac-crape myrtle line. Southerners also know it as the black-eyed-pea, the pink eye pea, the purple hull pea, the cream pea or the crowder.

Oleander, Neriurn oleander
Crape Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica Camellia,
Camellia japonica
Hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Myrtle, Myrtus communis
Mexican Orange, Choisya ternata
Azalea,
Rhododendron simsii ...

Lagerstromia indica
Crape myrtle
Lythraceae Family
Compiled by the Master Gardeners
of the University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension.

Lagerstroemia Indica. Crape myrtle. Known locally as Queen of Shrubs. Good choice for Bermuda. Native of China. believed brought to Bermuda by Captain J. Austin, RN. Summer flowering, showy flowers.

Many trees and shrubs do just fine in drought-prone areas. These include Acuba, Beautybery, Crape Myrtle, live oaks and many, many more. Most perennial grasses tolerate drought well, as do succulents such as cacti.
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This unusual tree with large, leathery leaves to 9 inches wide and 2 feet long has replaced (August 2003) a crape myrtle in the inner northeast island of the Inner Quad. Flowers have purplish blue sepals and fleshy, ivory white petals.

exfoliating tan bark
bark comes off in strips and is reminiscent of crape myrtle or beautybush
attractive
Culture ...

Synonym
Lagestroemia reginae.
Common name
Queen's flower, pride of India, queen's crape myrtle, banaba.
Family
Lythraceae (Loosestrife family).

Native or noninvasive non-native trees can be planted in areas previously occupied by Chinese tallow. Tree species recommended that are similar in size to Chinese tallow include blackgum, maples, dogwood, and crape myrtles.

See also: Myrtle, Green, Pink, May, Lagerstroemia