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Is crape myrtle deciduous or evergreen tree?

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Ziwei, alias: itch flower, itch tree, purple flower, purple orchid, mosquito flower, western water bayberry, hundred days red, no bark tree. Its color is gorgeous, flowering when it is in summer and autumn less flower season, flowering long, so there is a hundred days red said. So, is it falling or is it often falling?

Crape myrtle, alias: itching flower, itching tree, purple golden flower, purple orchid flower, mosquito flower, western bayberry, hundred-day red, bark-free tree. Its bright flowers and colors, flowering at the time of summer and autumn less flowering season, long flowering period, so it is known as "hundred days red". So, is crape myrtle deciduous or evergreen?

Is crape myrtle deciduous or evergreen

Crape myrtle is a deciduous shrub or small tree up to 7 meters high; the bark is smooth, gray or grayish brown; branches are twisted, branchlets slender, leaves alternate or sometimes opposite; flowering in June-September and fruit in September-December. It is a good bonsai material for viewing flowers, stems and roots.

II. Distribution of producing areas

Growing or cultivated in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Jilin, native to Asia and widely planted in the tropics.

III. Growth habits

Crape myrtle likes warm and humid climate, light, shade and fertilizer, especially deep and fertile sandy loam, born in slightly humid places, drought-resistant, waterlogging-resistant, warm and cold-resistant, strong sprouting.

Crape myrtle also has strong anti-pollution ability and strong resistance to sulfur dioxide, hydrogen fluoride and chlorine. Semi-shady, happy to be born on fertile and moist soil, can also tolerate drought, no matter calcareous soil or acid soil grows well.

 
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