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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |