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Loosestrife Family
 

Cuphea micropetala ---> - Cigar Flower - A perennial for sunny sites which  blooms in late summer and fall. It is quite drought-tolerant and attracts hummingbirds.

Cuphea micropetala - Cigar Flower - Perennial

Cuphea X 'David Verity' - 'David Verity' Hybrid Cigar Flower - Perennial

Heimia salicifolia - Huachinal - Shrub
 

Lagerstroemia fauriei - Japanese Crepe Myrtle, Yakushima Crepe Myrtle - Tree - From 30- to 50-foot, multistemmed trees with extraordinary, peeling, orange-red to dark-red to brown bark. Produce white flowers, and vivid red-orange fall foliage and are very, cold-hardy.

Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Fantasy' - 'Fantasy' Crepe Myrtle - Tree - A 50-foot, multistemmed tree with extraordinary, peeling, orange-red bark. It bears white flowers, has red-orange fall foliage and is very, cold-hardy.

Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Kiowa' - 'Kiowa' Crepe Myrtle - Tree -  A 30-foot, multistemmed tree with outstanding, peeling, orange-red to dark-brown  bark. It produces white flowers and has red-orange fall foliage.

Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Tejas' - 'Tejas' Crepe Myrtle - Tree - A 30-foot, multistemmed tree with extraordinary, peeling, dark chocolate-colored bark. It bears white flowers in mid- to late spring, has mostly yellow fall foliage and is very, cold-hardy. I've sold this for many years simply as L. fauriei. These trees are derived from cuttings given to me by Bill Welch, a professor at Texas A & M University, at the conclusion of the first ever Master Certified Nurseryman testing. Dr. Welch had received several unnamed L. fauriei clones from Don Egolf at the U.S. National Arboretum. This clone was the only survivor of a severe freeze.

Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Townhouse' - 'Townhouse' Crepe Myrtle - Tree - A 30-foot, multistemmed tree with extraordinary, peeling, dark wine-red bark. It bears white flowers, has red-orange fall foliage and is very, cold-hardy.

Lagerstroemia indica 'Centennial Spirit' - 'Centennial Spirit' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - It bears the darkest of wine-red blooms and can eventually reach 6-feet-high. This powdery-mildew-resistant, very, cold-hardy, dwarf shrub has red-orange fall foliage.

Lagerstroemia indica 'Velma's Royal Delight' - 'Velma's Royal Delight' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - A slow-growing shrub to 6-feet-high and -wide with dark-magenta to brilliant- purple flowers. It is one of the cold-hardiest, powdery-mildew-tolerant clones of L. indica.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Acoma' - 'Acoma' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - A large pure-white-flowered shrub with weeping branch tips to 12-feet-high by 10- to 12-feet-wide. It bears a light-grey bark and dull-red to dark-purple-red fall foliage.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Biloxi' - 'Biloxi' Crepe Myrtle - Tree - An outstanding and very cold-hardy National Arboretum selection with pale-pink flowers. It typically forms a multistemmed tree 25- to 45-feet-high. The mottled bark is like the native Madrone Tree, smooth and dark, reddish-brown. Its fall foliage is dark-orange to dark-red.  This tree can grow seven feet in one year.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Chickasaw' - 'Chickasaw' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - The first true miniature, highly-mildew-tolerant hybrid crepe myrtle. A container-grown plant has reached 20-inches-high and 26-inches-wide after 7 years. Its dark-red buds open to pinkish-lavender blooms. The leaves are tiny, glossy and dark green and produce bronze-red fall color.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Comanche' - 'Comanche' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - A large shrub to 12 feet with a spreading habit and a light, sandalwood-colored bark. It produces dark, coral-pink flowers over a long season and has spectacular dark, orange-red to dark, purple-red fall foliage.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Denali' - 'Denali' Crepe Myrtle - Tree - A large, white-flowered, 25- to 40-foot tree. The mature exfoliating bark is a cinnamon-brown. Fall color is orange to yellow. Plants in nominal 5-gallon pots survived the 2021 Valentine's week Texas freeze with no protection. This clone was obtained from the Lowrey Nursery in Conroe, Texas. Lynn Lowrey recommended it highly, saying it was a co-seedling of L. X 'Natchez' from the test plots at the Woodlands golf course. Optimally fertilized young plants in large containers, or in the ground, bear enormous flowering clusters up to 16" high and 24" wide.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Lipan' - 'Lipan' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - A 14- to 16-foot-tall, large shrub with near-white to beige mature bark which bears medium lavender flowers. Its fall foliage ranges from light orange to russet to red.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Miami' - 'Miami' Crepe Myrtle - Tree - This hybrid produces dark-pink to coral-red flowers. It can reach 15 feet, or more, as a multistemmed tree or 25 feet if trained to one trunk. The exfoliating bark is dark, chestnut-brown. Fall foliage color ranges from orange to dark-russet.  Very, cold-hardy, if acclimated.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Muskogee' - 'Muskogee' Crepe Myrtle - Tree - This selection is from the original generation of hybrids produced at the National Arboretum. It has lavender flowers and can reach 25- to 40-feet-high. The attractive mottled bark is a medium-brown. Its fall foliage ranges from red to yellow.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Pocomoke' - 'Pocomoke' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - A true miniature with deep-rose-pink flowers and high mildew-tolerance. A container-grown plant has reached 19-inches-high by 35-inches-wide in 8 years.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Sioux' - 'Sioux' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - An upright, tall shrub or small tree 16- to 18-feet-high, bearing intense, dark-pink flowers. Its mature bark is a light to medium grey-brown and its fall foliage is light maroon to bright red.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Tonto' - 'Tonto' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - It bears deep, fuchsia-red flowers and stays 6- to 8-feet-high, with an upright habit.  The mature branches peel to reveal a cream- to taupe-mottled bark. Fall foliage is bright-maroon.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Tuskegee' - 'Tuskegee' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - This 12- to 16-foot-high shrub can also reach 16-feet-wide because of its pronounced horizontal branching.  It bears dark-pink to nearly-red flowers and has orange-red fall foliage. Its bark is a mottled light and dark grey, identical to that of the Native Persimmon.

Lagerstroemia indica X fauriei 'Yuma' - 'Yuma' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - This upright, large shrub with bicolored light- to medium-lavender flowers can grow 16-  to 20-feet-high. It bears a mottled light-grey bark and produces dull, yellow-orange to russet to light mahogany fall foliage.

Lagerstroemia (indica X fauriei) X L. limii 'Arapaho' - 'Arapaho' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - A large shrub or small tree to 20-feet-high with near true-red blooms. The smooth bark is light tan and the glossy, dark-green leaves are tinged with maroon.

Lagerstroemia (indica X fauriei) X L. limii 'Cheyenne' - 'Cheyenne' Crepe Myrtle - Shrub - A large shrub to 10-feet-high and wide bright red flowers. The smooth bark is a light reddish-tan and the glossy, dark-green leaves are tinged with maroon.

Lawsonia inermis - Henna, Resedad - Tender Perennial
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