Lagerstroemia indica ‘Watermelon Pink’ (Crape myrtle)

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Lagerstroemia indica ‘Watermelon Pink’

Crape myrtle

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Myrtales	Includes myrtles, leadwoods, loosestrifes, pomegranates, evening primroses, many others
Family	Lythraceae	Loosestrife family, also Includes henna, pomegranates, crape myrtles, others
Genus	Lagerstroemia	Crape myrtles, named for Swedish merchant Magnus von Lagerström
Species	indica	“From India”
Cultivar	‘Watermelon Pink’

About plant names...

Crape myrtle is a native of China, Korea, Japan, and India, widely cultivated as a dramatic landscape planting in suitable climates throughout the world.

Identification: These plants blur the distinction between tree and shrub, at 10-30′ (3-9.1 m) in height, with multiple, spreading stems. Some cultivars are much smaller, as small as 1½′ (45 cm). Bark is smooth, mottled, and pinkish-gray, peeling to reveal cinnamon-colored new bark. It sheds each year. Leaves are pinnate, 1-2½″ (2.5-7.1 cm) long, opposite or whorled, and elliptic, oblong, or obovate. They are dark green, turning yellow, orange, or red in the fall. Flowers occur in large, attractive panicles. This cultivar is pink; others are white, red, mauve or purple. Flowers appear from July to September. Fruits are brown, oval or round, and less than ½″ (1.3 cm) around.

Online References:

The University of Florida Environmental Horticulture site (Lagerstroemia indica) (PDF)

Floridata.com (Lagerstroemia indica)

Wikipedia (Lagerstroemia indica)

Plants.ces.ncsu.edu (Lagerstroemia indica)

The Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation (Lagerstroemia indica)

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Watermelon Pink’ description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

4/7/2012 · Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland

Range: Zones 7-9:

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