crape myrtle
noun
: an Asian shrub (Lagerstroemia indica) of the loosestrife family widely grown in warm regions for its flowers
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Sitting in the shade of a stand of crape myrtles along the arena’s west wall were cousins Jacqueline Sevier and Tracey Mason-Moore.
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Oct. 2024
Tree varieties include Eureka lemon, pink guava, Golden Delicious apple, coast live oak, olive, crape myrtle, California sycamore, desert willow and torrey pines.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Make sure to opt for fast-growing trees like this dynamite crape myrtle from Fast Growing Trees, which will also add color to your curb in the spring.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
Yellowing and leaf drop of crape myrtles is often due to a fungus but usually ignored.
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—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Oct. 2024
Tree varieties include Eureka lemon, pink guava, Golden Delicious apple, coast live oak, olive, crape myrtle, California sycamore, desert willow and torrey pines.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Make sure to opt for fast-growing trees like this dynamite crape myrtle from Fast Growing Trees, which will also add color to your curb in the spring.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
Yellowing and leaf drop of crape myrtles is often due to a fungus but usually ignored.
68.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
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