Plant Description
Small tree or large shrub to 25 feet; leaves alternate or opposite, simple, somewhat variable in shape; flowers in July-September, pink, lilac, lavender and red, very showy; fruit maturing in fall, a round woody capsule splitting and liberating tiny winged seeds; bark smooth, brown, peeling.

Lagerstroemia indica, Crapemyrtle

All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell.

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