I have lived in my house for two decades, and I still do not understand the names of all the plants in my garden. One bush particularly kept eluding me. It’s a gorgeous white bush, fully grown, with extended branches full of white flowers every summer. I wondered what it might be.
For two decades, I just enjoyed the blossoms and forgot about the bush every spring and fall. Each time it bloomed in late summer, I’d wonder again, What is that plant?
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This year, while walking around Hershey Gardens in Pennsylvania, I stumbled upon a plant which looked familiar. A closer look assured me this was the same plant I had growing in the home, and also the tag told me that it was Lagerstroemia indica, hardiness zones 7 to 9.
I had a fantastic old fundamental white crape myrtle. I knew I had pink crape myrtle in a variety of areas of the backyard. I had seen mile upon mile of booming crape in the Carolinas the former summer. I knew this plant! I just didn’t understand it in white.
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The white can be utilised in more color schemes than the red or vibrant pink, and also blends into just about any landscape seamlessly.
After I understood this gorgeous white goddess was a hardy, tough crape myrtle, I made it my mission to use it more in the backyard. It is a gorgeous, easy-care plant that comes in a surprising array of colors, from red and pink to lavender and, since I know white. Grown as a normal a crape myrtle, it makes the ideal little ornamental tree.
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White crape myrtle can be utilized in all the very same ways as the classic pink but has more flexibility, thanks to its discreet color. The white variety beams while still blending into a tranquil, unbiased house facade.
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Lining a very long walkway is another normal usage for crape myrtles — it never gets old. Choosing a white variety retains the look simple and clean when the route goes into blossom.
Additionally, it is a fantastic understory plant, so it can be placed under larger trees and still shine. The attractiveness of this plant is that it fits in with tropical plants South just as seamlessly as using the hardier plants in my zone 6 Pennsylvania backyard.
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My crape myrtle borders a walkway. Its panicles tickle the rail when in blossom, softening the hard edges and straight lines of this railing.
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Be certain that you plant the bush a few feet from the hardscaping that you want to accent. When left to grow naturally, crape myrtle develops to a shrub that’s 6 to 8 feet wide. The panicles should just reach out and marginally over a rail, without dwarfing it.
I enjoy using a color over and over again in various seasons. It gives your house a consistent color and overall landscaping theme, even as the actual plants in blossom alter and rotate. White in particular can be utilized as a foil using almost any other set of colours and will blend effortlessly in any landscape. This garden highlights how white could tie a backyard together, together with the white of the crape myrtle repeated in other plants.
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So if you pick the pink crape myrtle or even the whitened, consider adding this fantastic tree into your garden. Stop by your regional nursery and catch one — or even a few. Fall is the best time for planting, and you know that walkway is just dying to get a crape!
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