American red rocket Wei purplish red fireball is not a variety?

How to distinguish bonus fireballs from red rocket crape myrtle

Many friends often ask me the difference between red rocket crape myrtle and red fireball crape myrtle on the internet, on the phone or during field trips. Today, Anhui Sannong Boutique Seedling Cultivation Center is here to give you a brief analysis, hoping to help you better.

Divide these two varieties! Red rocket crape myrtle and red fireball crape myrtle belong to American crape myrtle.

They * * * are similar:

1. Red rocket crape myrtle and red fireball crape myrtle belong to big trees.

2. Red rocket Lagerstroemia indica and red fireball Lagerstroemia indica are both red, with red flowers and large flower clusters, and the flowering period can reach about 128 days.

3. Red rocket crape myrtle and red fireball crape myrtle are very hardy. It can withstand the low temperature of MINUS 23 degrees, and it is one of the few varieties of Lagerstroemia indica that can be planted in Dalian!

The difference between them is:

1. Distinguish from the shape of leaves; Lagerstroemia indica leaves are slender; Red fireball Ziwei leaves are round.

2. Distinguish from the color of leaves; The new leaves of Lagerstroemia indica are dark red and the old leaves are green. Leaf buds are dark red before flowering and turn cherry red when flowering. Red fireball Lagerstroemia indica has new red leaves and old green leaves. Leaves turn green when they bloom.

3. Distinguish from the color of branches; The new shoots of red rocket Lagerstroemia indica are much redder than red fireball Lagerstroemia indica. The red rocket crape myrtle has burgundy new branches and brown old branches. Red fireball Lagerstroemia indica new branches reddish, old branches brown.

4. Distinguish from the shape of petals; Every petal of Lagerstroemia indica is bigger. Every petal of Lagerstroemia speciosa is very tight.

5. Distinguish from the color of petals; The color of red rocket crape myrtle is not as deep as that of red fireball crape myrtle. Red rocket osmanthus is purple, slightly lighter in color on cloudy or cloudy days, with occasional white spots on the edge of petals. The red fireball Lagerstroemia indica is scarlet in color, bright red when it is cool on cloudy days, and the petals sometimes have white edges, which are beautiful and colorful.

6. Distinguish from the shape and size of inflorescence; The inflorescence width of Lagerstroemia indica is 1 1-33.

centimetre

(average 18.2)

Cm), inflorescence 12- 1450px.

(average value is 25. 1

Cm), flower diameter 3.7-4.5.

centimetre

(average 4.2 points)

Cm), round panicle. When in full bloom, the inflorescence is like a rocket red fireball. The width of the inflorescence is 1 1-40.

centimetre

(average 27.8 points)

Cm), the inflorescence length is 15-5 1.

centimetre

(average value is 35. 1

Cm), flower diameter 4.0-4.8.

centimetre

(average 4.3 points)

Cm), when the flowers bloom, the inflorescence is like a fireball, which is very dazzling.

Lagerstroemia speciosa (a new species of Lagerstroemia speciosa in America) is a deciduous tree of Lagerstroemia, which belongs to the family Lagerstroemia, and is one of the varieties of Lagerstroemia speciosa. The flowers are as bright as the national flag, and the flower clusters can reach 24 inches. Flowers are big and colorful, and pieces of plants are burning when they bloom. Flowers are scarlet in sunny and hot days, and slightly pale in cloudy and cool days, and may have white spots. The new leaves are reddish, and the old leaves are slightly flushed and greenish. Leaf buds are dark red before flowering and turn cherry red when flowering. At the beginning of June, the flowers can bloom continuously to the first frost, and the flowering period can be pruned and flowered many times. Wide adaptability and strong resistance. Suitable for solitary planting, cluster planting and flower hedge cultivation, and can be used to make bonsai and pile up scenery. Under the scarlet luster, there are dazzling colors, and the varieties are naturally extremely rare. The ornamental value is extremely high, and the market prospect is broad, which is incomparable to the conventional safflower crape myrtle.

Five characteristics of Lagerstroemia speciosa:

1. Cold tolerance: It can tolerate the low temperature of minus 23 degrees, and it is a Lagerstroemia indica variety that can be planted in Dalian all over the country, while the equally famous Sichuan Wenjiang safflower Lagerstroemia indica is difficult to survive at the extreme temperature of minus 15 degrees!

2. The growth rate is very fast: it is 1.5 times that of Sichuan Wenjiang Honghua Lagerstroemia indica and twice that of common Lagerstroemia indica. Although it doesn't grow as fast as the fast-growing Lagerstroemia indica, it is more hardy and spends more flowers than the fast-growing Lagerstroemia indica!

3. Blossoms: Blossoms can reach 24 inches, with large flowers, dense petals and bright colors. Sunny and hot smallpox scarlet is a precious variety of Lagerstroemia indica.

4. Long flowering period: the flowering period of Lagerstroemia speciosa, Lagerstroemia speciosa and Lagerstroemia speciosa can reach 128 days, and the same Lagerstroemia speciosa in Wenjiang can only bloom for 100 days, while the common Lagerstroemia speciosa can only bloom for 90 days.

5. Wide adaptability and strong resistance. Drought tolerance, barren tolerance!

I wish my friends happiness!