This tree is rarely sold at nurseries, but is one of the parents of the hybrids that dominate the crape myrtle market today, including th...Read Moreose developed by the National Arboretum with Native American names like 'Nachez' and 'Tuscarora.' And while L. fauriei only has white blooms, it provides color variation, faster growth and better cold hardiness to L. indica when hybridized. I don't know whether L. fauriei is an attractive nectar source for honey bees, but they hybrids are generally not.
This species was featured on University of British Columbia's Botany Photo of the Day (BPOD) on January 19, 2008, with the photo showing ...Read Morethe reddish peeling bark. This comment instantly sent me here to see where I could get a plant: "While not as showy in bloom as Lagerstroemia indica, the small white flowers are borne on graceful terminal panicles and **release a lovely fragrance**."
The UBC Botanical garden folk also comment that this crape myrtle (which they call 'Yakushima' ) gets along well in Victoria's in cool maritime climate.
This tree is rarely sold at nurseries, but is one of the parents of the hybrids that dominate the crape myrtle market today, including th...Read More
This species was featured on University of British Columbia's Botany Photo of the Day (BPOD) on January 19, 2008, with the photo showing ...Read More