A Tree for All SEASONS
Americans savor an abiding love affair with trees. Favorites produce showy flowers that herald each spring with massive displays on leafless branches – think dogwood, redbud, flowering cherry, and fruit trees. However, these spring galleries of rooted bouquets are short-lived. It seems as though, in Mother Nature’s fervor to replenish her bounty, flower petals quickly fade and fall, only to be replaced with greenery.
Not so with the crape (or crepe) myrtle. Technically, the crape myrtle is native to Southeast Asia, and is native to Japan. Although they don’t carry the same storybook aura as, say, Japanese flowering cherries, still put on a stunning show year-round.
