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Lagerstroemia indica (L. chinensis). Crape Myrtle. Figs. 2060, 2061. Glabrous, smooth- and  
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Lagerstroemia indica (L. chinensis). Crape Myrtle. Figs. 2060, 2061. Glabrous, smooth- and brown- barked shrub, with rather small (2 in. long) elliptic or oblong sessile mostly acute lvs.: panicle open, sometimes minutely pubescent; fls. usually bright pink, but there are blush, purplish and white forms; calyx not ribbed, glabrous or nearly so. Widely cult. in India, but probably native to China. —Grown everywhere in the S. Atlantic and Gulf States for its profuse summer bloom, and sometimes it has escaped. The crape myrtle is of the easiest cult. The old bushes bloom profusely, but the plant will produce fls. the first year from seed. The seeds start readily in spring if sown in boxes in autumn and are not allowed to dry out. It is also prop. readily by cuttings of ripe wood. The bloom may be increased by cutting back so that fresh growth is secured. The plant may be grown in a tub or pot in a cool greenhouse, and will bloom 2 or 3 times a year if it is cut back. It has no special soil requirements. In the N. the root may survive if it is well protected, and strong shoots will arise that give bloom the same year. Sometimes the plants are lifted in autumn, carried over winter in a cellar and planted out in spring. As the crape myrtle blooms almost continuously for a period of 2 or 3 months (beginning in June far S.), it well repays what care may be given it under glass or in regions where it is not fully hardy.{{SCH}}
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brown- barked shrub, with rather small (2 in. long) elliptic or oblong sessile mostly acute lvs.:  
 
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panicle open, sometimes minutely pubescent; fls. usually bright pink, but there are blush, purplish  
 
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and white forms; calyx not ribbed, glabrous or nearly so. Widely cult. in India, but probably native  
 
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to China. —Grown everywhere in the S. Atlantic and Gulf States for its profuse summer bloom,  
 
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and sometimes it has escaped. The crape myrtle is of the easiest cult. The old bushes bloom  
 
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profusely, but the plant will produce fls. the first year from seed. The seeds start readily in spring if sown in boxes in autumn and are not allowed to dry out. It is also prop. readily by cuttings of ripe wood. The bloom may be increased by cutting back so that fresh growth is secured. The plant may be grown in a tub or pot in a cool greenhouse, and will bloom 2 or 3 times a year if it is cut back. It has no special soil requirements. In the N. the root may survive if it is well protected, and strong shoots will arise that give bloom the same year. Sometimes the plants are lifted in autumn, carried over winter in a cellar and planted out in spring. As the crape myrtle blooms almost continuously for a period of 2 or 3 months (beginning in June far S.), it well repays what care may be given it under glass or in regions where it is not fully hardy.
 
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| color = lightgreen
 
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| name = ''Lagerstroemia indica''
 
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
 
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| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
 
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| familia = [[Lythraceae]]
 
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| genus = ''[[Lagerstroemia]]''
 
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| species = '''''L. indica'''''
 
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| binomial = ''Lagerstroemia indica''
 
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| binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]
 
 
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'''''Lagerstroemia indica''''' ('''Crape myrtle, Crepe myrtle''') is a species in the genus ''Lagerstroemia'' in the family ''Lythraceae''.
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==Cultivation==
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From [[China]] and [[Japan]], ''Lagerstroemia indica'' is an often multistemmed, [[deciduous]] tree with a wide spreading, flat topped, open habit when mature.
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===Propagation===
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The [[bark]] is a prominent feature being smooth, pinkinsh-gray and mottled, shedding each year. Leaves are small and dark green changing to yellow and orange in autumn.
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===Pests and diseases===
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Flowers are white, pink, mauve, purple or carmine with crimped petals, in [[panicles]] up to 9cm.
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==Species==
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Lagerstroemia indica is [[frost]] tolerant, prefers full sun and will grow to 6 metres with a spread of 6 metres.
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==Gallery==
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Many hybrid cultivars have been developed between ''L. indica'' and ''L. faueri''
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Image:Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Dynamite' (Lagerstroemia indica).jpg|The "Dynamite" cultivar the Crepe Myrtle
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Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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[[Image:Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Dynamite' (Lagerstroemia indica).jpg|thumb|none|300px|The "Dynamite" cultivar the Crepe Myrtle]]
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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*Flora, The Gardeners Bible, ABC Publishing, Ultimo, NSW, Australia, 2005
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Revision as of 17:39, 13 May 2009


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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
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Scientific Names

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Read about Lagerstroemia indica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lagerstroemia indica (L. chinensis). Crape Myrtle. Figs. 2060, 2061. Glabrous, smooth- and brown- barked shrub, with rather small (2 in. long) elliptic or oblong sessile mostly acute lvs.: panicle open, sometimes minutely pubescent; fls. usually bright pink, but there are blush, purplish and white forms; calyx not ribbed, glabrous or nearly so. Widely cult. in India, but probably native to China. —Grown everywhere in the S. Atlantic and Gulf States for its profuse summer bloom, and sometimes it has escaped. The crape myrtle is of the easiest cult. The old bushes bloom profusely, but the plant will produce fls. the first year from seed. The seeds start readily in spring if sown in boxes in autumn and are not allowed to dry out. It is also prop. readily by cuttings of ripe wood. The bloom may be increased by cutting back so that fresh growth is secured. The plant may be grown in a tub or pot in a cool greenhouse, and will bloom 2 or 3 times a year if it is cut back. It has no special soil requirements. In the N. the root may survive if it is well protected, and strong shoots will arise that give bloom the same year. Sometimes the plants are lifted in autumn, carried over winter in a cellar and planted out in spring. As the crape myrtle blooms almost continuously for a period of 2 or 3 months (beginning in June far S.), it well repays what care may be given it under glass or in regions where it is not fully hardy.CH


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