[Magdalen] Whither Crepe Myrtle.

[Jay Weigel]

I grow lantana on purpose. Here I grow it in pots, but in my garden in
Tennessee I had some pretty good spreads of it during the summer. It didn't
winter over down there, either. And for some reason, we didn't have crape
myrtle there, at least not until I brought a red one from my travels and
plunked it down beside the back porch, where it settled in very nicely.

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here in Australia, lantana is a declared weed, although an introduced
> beetle is helping control it. Yes, it’s magnificent in the right
> conditions(e.g. edge of cleared rainforest) but is toxic to stock. I am
> amazed that it would be used in the WHgrounds, as it has unavoidable
> scratchy prickles all over.
> I haven’t noticed the pictures that David is talking about, but I would
> have thought that the Indian Crepe Myrtle ( we now call it largstroemia)
>  would be a better pick, for it can stand some cold. It does turn red and
> yellow in autumn, but not as spectacularly as some of your American fall
> trees.
>
> Regards
> Lesley de Voil
>
>
> On  Fri, 20 Oct 2017 at 21:57, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Well, David, Crape Myrtles (correct spelling, btw) aren’t usually those
> > colors—white/pink/rose/red/lilac/purple being the range—but some are
> still
> > in bloom in this area. They have a wonderfully long blooming time.
> >
> > What you saw might have been lantana, especially if the varied colors
> were
> > on the same shrub. They don’t usually winter over without some
> protection,
> > even here, a bit south of DC. The red/orange/yellow combination is very
> > common. They are stunning.
> >
> > Grace
> >
> > > On Oct 20, 2017, at 3:03 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > There is a large shrub(s) featured in the background of USA
> > > Whitehouse reporters.  It is perhaps 10' x 10' and a combination
> > > of orange and yellow.  It is strikingly gorgeous.  This  background
> > appears
> > > to
> > > be live because there are people coming and going from the WH
> > > in the background near the shrub.
> > >
> > > For USA southerners:  Could this be a cultivar of Crepe  Myrtle still
> in
> > blo
> > > om
> > > in Washington, or the autumn coloration of Crepe Myrtle?  I  gather
> > > that besides white, most crepe cultivars are in the red tones or
> > > lavender tones.  Orange or yellow would be unusual.
> > >
> > > This is really a totally academic inquiry because Crepe Myrtles are
> not
> > > hardy in any form here in Pennsylvania USA.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David S.
> >
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