Crepe Myrtle
FAMILY: LYTHRACEAE
About Crepe Myrtle at OSU's Landscape Plants site
A small landscape tree, usually 10-30’ tall at maturity.
The individual flowers are ruffled and crinkly and look like crepe paper.
Flowers are borne in summer in big showy clusters and can be white, pink, purple, lavender or red depending on the cultivar.
Fruits are brown or black, and when mature they dry and split, releasing disk-shaped seeds.
Peeling bark, pale brown to gray, is an attractive winter feature.
Native to China and Korea, it is now naturalized in some parts of the U.S.
#288 and #289 are the first two hybrids of their kind and were obtained from the National Arboretum.
Tree # | Location | Dimensions | Photo and Notes |
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288 | Private, Front Yard | 27' Height 27' Spread 4.2' Circ. | This tree is one of a pair of Heritage Crape Myrtles at Van Veen Nursery. It is on a raised bank behind a low stone wall. They are both Lagerstroemia fauriei, a variety known as Japanese Crape Myrtle. These are the first two hybrids of their kind and were obtained from the National Arboretum. |
289 | Private, Front Yard | 22' Height 33' Spread 3.3' Circ. | This tree is one of a pair of Heritage Crape Myrtles at Van Veen Nursery. It is on a raised bank behind a low stone wall. They are both Lagerstroemia fauriei, a variety known as Japanese Crape Myrtle. These are the first two hybrids of their kind and were obtained from the National Arboretum. |