How to identify crape myrtle varieties?

Basic information

Chinese name: Wei Zi.

Latin scientific name: Lagerstroemia indica

English name: crave Myrtle, crape myrtle with crepe.

French name: Indian lilac

Chinese aliases: Jinjing Ershu, Hundred Days Red, Full House Red and Licorice Tree.

Classification of families and genera:

Field: the plant kingdom in the plant kingdom

Door: angiosperm magnolia door

Class: Subclass Dicotyledonous Magnolia

Objective: Myrtaceae Myrtacene plants.

Family: Lysimachiaceae.

Genus: Lagerstroemia indica.

Type: Lagerstroemia indica

Ecological habits:

Like light, slightly resistant to shade; Like warm climate, strong cold resistance; I like fertile, moist and well-drained calcareous soil, and I am drought-tolerant and afraid of waterlogging. Strong germination, slow growth and long life.

Morphological characteristics of Lagerstroemia indica;

Belongs to deciduous shrubs or small trees. It is cultivated artificially in Weiziji, Jiangsu Province, with a large number. Lagerstroemia indica is a small tree, sometimes shrubby, 3 ~ 7 meters high; The bark falls off easily and the trunk is smooth. The young branches are slightly quadrangular and slightly winged. Leaves alternate or opposite, subsessile; Oval, obovate or oblong, 3 ~ 7 cm long and 2.5 ~ 4 cm wide, smooth and hairless or hairy along the main vein. Panicle terminal, 4 ~ 20 cm long; The flower diameter is 2.5 ~ 3 cm; Calyx 6-lobed, lobes ovate, smooth outside; Petals 6, red or pink, with irregular notches at the edge and long claws at the base; Stamens 36 ~ 42, outer 6 filaments longer; Ovary 6-loculed. The capsule is oval and spherical, 9 ~ 13mm long and 8 ~1mm wide, with 6 petals. Seeds have wings. The flowering period is from June to September, and the fruiting period is from July to September. The older the trunk, the brighter it gets. When touched by hand, the whole plant will tremble slightly, so it is also called Jinger tree and pruritus tree.

[Edit this paragraph] Lagerstroemia indica varieties

Wei Zi: Flowers are purplish red.

(2) Cuiwei: the flowers are blue and the leaves are dark green.

(3) red tail: fireworks red.

(4) Yin Wei: The flowers are white or slightly cocoon-colored, and the leaves are light green.

Cuiwei, with the best blue petals, is a panicle with the top of a new branch, which is 20 cm long. Each flower has 6 petals, which is wrinkled like a roulette wheel. The tree is full of flowers, gorgeous as a sunset, so it is also called full house. The result is a capsule, which looks like soybean and contains many seeds. It expires on 1 1 month. Propagation and cultivation: the propagation of Lagerstroemia indica can be carried out by sowing, dividing plants and cutting. The sowing method is to collect seeds in June165438+1October, dry and thresh melons, and sow in March of the following year. After sowing, cover them with a layer of fine soil and then cover them with straw. Garden use: Lagerstroemia indica has beautiful posture, smooth and clean trunk and bright colors; When the flowers bloom, it happens to be the summer and autumn season, and the flowering period is extremely long, from June to September, so it is known as "Hundred Days Red" and has the reputation of "summer green covers the eyes and this flower is full of red eyes". It is a good bonsai for ornamental flowers, stems and roots. In particular, Wei Zigan Peak bonsai, although the pile head is rotten, is flourishing, colorful, full of ears, in full swing and brilliant.