crape myrtle
noun
: an Asian shrub (Lagerstroemia indica) of the loosestrife family widely grown in warm regions for its flowers
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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
Grooming to remove out-of-bounds shoots, growths from near the ground or other unwanted limbs can be performed about anytime the crape myrtles are making growth.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024
Take a quick scan. Shiny, sticky crape myrtles What are the little white specks on the trunks of my crape myrtles?
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2024
But Catawba isn’t just any old purple crape myrtle.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
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Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
Grooming to remove out-of-bounds shoots, growths from near the ground or other unwanted limbs can be performed about anytime the crape myrtles are making growth.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024
Take a quick scan. Shiny, sticky crape myrtles What are the little white specks on the trunks of my crape myrtles?
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2024
But Catawba isn’t just any old purple crape myrtle.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
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