crape myrtle , także: crepe myrtle
lagerstroemia latin

A row of truly ancient crape myrtles lined the side street to the south.

A crushed shell drive, flanked by crape myrtles, curved toward the front of the house.

Crape myrtles are chiefly known for their colorful and long-lasting flowers.

"Crape myrtles are something that we shied away from for a long, long time," he said.

The crape myrtles were full of pink blos- soms.

The crape myrtles did pretty well, though, and we're hopeful of their coming back and being able to spread out by next summer."

He had been trying to run an all-purpose nursery for several seasons by growing oaks, crape myrtles and magnolias.

As luck would have it, the arboretum's introductions seem a bit closer to Zone 6 plants than traditional crape myrtles are.

Until they grow beyond reach, crape myrtles can have their branches tied in after they go dormant.

The historic districts are the site of many of the town's 2,000 crape myrtles - its official flower - and developed gardens.

When the crape myrtles had lost their color in the near darkness, Alease came out by the garage to empty and burn the trash.

In a couple of weeks, oleanders and crape myrtles will be planted between the highway and the service roads that run beside it.

(What conceivable harm have crape myrtles or boxwoods done to the American landscape?)

There are also shrubs, like boxwoods, azaleas, nandinas, and crape myrtles, around many of the plots.

Northerners, meanwhile, are jealous of the South's gardenia hedges, oleanders and luscious crape myrtles.

In his book, Dr. Francko offers tips on growing everything from southern magnolias to crape myrtles and live oaks.

Two Natchez crape myrtles, their smooth cinnamon-and-cream trunks as sinuous as muscles, flank the gate.

A young couple and a handsome boxer dog strolled down a sidewalk skirted by red crape myrtles and cypress trees heavy with Spanish moss.

As students settle into classes at Clemson University this fall semester, the pink crape myrtles are blooming as usual, but the sense of anticipation is muted.

In fact, the branches of those crape myrtles have been carefully unpruned, and their seed pods, as black and wrinkled as raisins, look a bit ratty.

On three sides we are hedged in by lilacs, crape myrtles, vitex and other flowering shrubs, and by conifers, especially Leyland cypresses.

We paused at some of the churches along Church Street, where the old cemeteries are full of flowering dogwoods and the mottled bark of ancient crape myrtles.

And everywhere there are stupendous trees - gums, magnolias, crape myrtles - and a mighty oak, a marker on an Indian trail before Columbus reached America.

All summer long - in the patches of random sunlight - waxen-barked crape myrtles add their airy blossoms of red, purple, pink or white to a landscape already dotted with magnolias.

I imagined myself wielding my pruners over a grove of tiny crape myrtles, rather than struggling to control the giant lilacs and mock oranges that now grow way over my head.

Lagerstroemia langkawiensis is a species of plant in the Lythraceae family.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Lagerstroemia species.

Lagerstroemia species, which are often called "Amancay" in cultivation.

Other plants include pink varieties of Lagerstroemia.

Lagerstroemia microcarpa is an endemic tree of the Western Ghats.

On Lagerstroemia as comparable with the Melastomads see Letter 689.)

I am glad that I was not in too great a hurry in publishing about Lagerstroemia.

The provincial tree is Lagerstroemia macrocarpa.

The Marutam (Lagerstroemia speciosa) tree was the characteristic tree of this region.

Lagerstroemia langkawiensis.

Lagerstroemia anisoptera.

The school flower is Lagerstroemia loudonii Binn.

Lagerstroemia ovalifolia Teijsm.

The larvae feed on Lagerstroemia, Terminalia and Anogeissus species.

Lagerstroemia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus.

The predominant species are Terminalia, Lagerstroemia, Xylia and Dalbergia.

Lagerstroemia subcostata is a deciduous tree which is native to Japan, Taiwan, China and the Philippines.

The habitat consists of long-boled forest with the predominance of Lagerstroemia species and various legumes, including Afzelia xylocarpa.

Most species of Lagerstroemia have sinewy, fluted stems and branches with a mottled appearance that arises from having bark that sheds throughout the year.

The provincial tree is the banaba or Queen's Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia speciosa).

Lagerstroemia indiana (L.)Pers.

Antiobesity activity of extracts from Lagerstroemia speciosa L. leaves on female KK-Ay mice.

The park's forest includes such tree species as teak, takian, dipterocarpus alatus, lagerstroemia, magnolia champaca and parkia speciosa.

From China, Korea and Japan, Lagerstroemia indica is an often multistemmed, deciduous tree with a wide spreading, flat topped, open habit when mature.

Hypoglycemic effect of extracts from Lagerstroemia speciosa L. leaves in genetically diabetic KK-AY mice.