Botanical Name | Lagerstroemia indica |
Family | Lythraceae |
Genus | |
Specie | |
Local Name in Urdu | Does not exist |
Common Name | Crape myrtle |
Life Cycle | Evergreen |
Cultivar Name | NA |
Category(Bush/Vine/Tree) | Tree |
Height | 7-8 feet |
Spacing | Can be trained as a bush, usually solitary |
Flowering Months | Summer |
Flower Color | Local plant, purple, but new varities have purple, pink and white |
Growing Areas | Throughoout Pakistan except where temperatures are low |
Frost Tender | No |
Exposure | Full sulight, will not tolerate shade |
Soil pH | No specific issues |
Propagation | Cuttings, air layering |
Uses | Ornamental |
Other Details | Crape myrtle is a very handsome tree that can be trained as solitary showy tree or as a bush of medium height (~ 5 feet) in any garden. It flowers profusely during the summer. The only problem is that aphids usually attack this tree and some insects bore large holes in the leaves. Flowers are not fragrant at all, however the showy flowers open in the morning and continue to remain open all day long |
Plant Profile: Lagerstroemia indica (Crepe Myrtle)
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Plant Profile: Lagerstroemia indica (Crepe Myrtle)
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Re: Lagerstroemia indica
excellent
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Re: Plant Profile: Lagerstroemia indica (Crepe Myrtle)
Lagerstroemia is one of the most beautiful medium height trees suitable for Pakistan. However, in other countries, crepe myrtle is somehow trained into a very spherical canopy which looks like a natural bouquet of flowers from far away. I am not sure how this is done, since one cannot see any trimming of branches or the woods. I have not seen this growth style in our local gardens. Is it different Crepe myrtle in the pictures or just a matter of age?
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Re: Plant Profile: Lagerstroemia indica (Crepe Myrtle)
Most heat tolerant plant in IMO in Lahore and much under rated too.
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Re: Plant Profile: Lagerstroemia indica (Crepe Myrtle)
I have seen it combined with the taller Jacaranda and it truly looks magnificent as the two colours seem to complement each other very pleasently
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Re: Plant Profile: Lagerstroemia indica (Crepe Myrtle)
I think it is growing them with a little imagination.
Two pictures from my last visit to USA
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Two pictures from my last visit to USA
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Re: Plant Profile: Lagerstroemia indica (Crepe Myrtle)
I love this little flowering tree & every one can understand why who lives in our hotter climate.Extremly drought tolerant & very floriferous tree is,t it.
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Re: Plant Profile: Lagerstroemia indica (Crepe Myrtle)
A single trunk tree looks better than multiple trunk bush, the trick again is in keeping it compact by proper pruning
Example of drastic pruning,
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Example of drastic pruning,
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