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''Lagerstroemia indica'' (crape myrtle, crepe myrtle) is a species in the genus ''Lagerstroemia'' in the family ''Lythraceae''. From China, Korea, Japan and Indian Subcontinent ''Lagerstroemia indica'' is an often multi-stemmed, deciduous tree with a wide spreading, flat topped, rounded, or even spike shaped open habit. Planted in full sun or under canopy, the tree is a popular nesting shrub for songbirds and wrens. The bark is a prominent feature being smooth, pinkish-gray and mottled, shedding each year. Leaves also shed each winter, after spectacular color display, and bare branches re-leaf early in the spring; leaves are small, smooth-edged, circular or oval-shaped, and dark green changing to yellow and orange and red in autumn. Flowers, on different trees, are white, pink, mauve, purple or carmine with crimped petals, in panicles up to . Lagerstroemia indica is frost tolerant, prefers full sun and will grow to with a spread of . Many hybrid cultivars have been developed between ''L. indica'' and ''L. faueri'' == References == * Flora, The Gardeners Bible, ABC Publishing, Ultimo, NSW, Australia, 2005 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lagerstroemia indica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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