Lagerstroemia

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

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Read about Lagerstroemia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lagerstroemia (Magnus v. Lagerstroem, 1696- 1759, a Swede and friend of Linnaeus). Lythraceae. Showy-flowered shrubs and trees, one of which (the crape myrtle) is much planted in the southern states.Leaves opposite or the uppermost alternate, mostly ovate, entire: fls. in axillary and terminal panicles, with bracted peduncles and pedicels, pink, purple or white; calyx with a funnel-shaped tube and 6-9 lobes; petals mostly 6, crinkled or fringed, with a long, slender claw (Fig. 2061); stamens many to very many, long, some of them upward-curved; ovary 3-6-celled, with a long bent style and capitate stigma: fr. a caps.; seeds winged at the top.—Species, according to Koehne (Engler's Pflanzenreich, hft. 17, 1903), 30 in S. and E. Asia, Austral., Philippines, New Guinea. The crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica, is to the S. what the lilac and snowball are to the N.—an inhabitant of nearly every home yard. It is a strong-growing shrub, reaching a height of 10-35 ft., deciduous-lvd., producing an abundance of soft fringed and showy fls. in summer. The normal form has pink fls., but varieties with blush, white and purple fls. are not uncommon. It is hardy as far north as Baltimore, but north of that latitude it needs protection; even with protection it cannot be grown north of the Long Island region. I. speciosa is very little grown. Neither species seems to thirve in S. Calif. The many other promising species of Lagerstroemia appear not to have been intro. commercially in this country.CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Species

Selected species

Lagerstroemia archeriana     Lagerstroemia balansae Lagerstroemia caudata Lagerstroemia cristata Lagerstroemia excelsa Lagerstroemia floribunda Lagerstroemia fordii Lagerstroemia glabra Lagerstroemia guilinensis Lagerstroemia indica Lagerstroemia intermedia

Lagerstroemia limii Lagerstroemia micrantha Lagerstroemia siamica Lagerstroemia speciosa Lagerstroemia stenopetala Lagerstroemia subcostata Lagerstroemia subsessilifolia Lagerstroemia suprareticulata Lagerstroemia tomentosa Lagerstroemia venusta Lagerstroemia villosa

Gallery

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  Adaptable range for the Crape Myrtle in the United States

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  A 12ft (4m) Crape Myrtle in northern Maryland

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  L. indica

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  Distinctive panicles of crepe textured, crinkled flowers typical ot the genus

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  Close-up of flowers

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  Close-up of bark (L. indica)

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  Close-up of ripened fruit (L. indica)

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  Lagerstroemia indica

References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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