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Lagerstroemia × egolfii is a hybrid crape myrtle, a flowering tree or shrub bred from L. indica and L. subcostata var. fauriei, grown mainly for its summer blooms and bark. Its key to success is a long, hot summer to ripen the wood before winter.
Lagerstroemia × egolfii (also Lagerstroemia indica × fauriei), the hybrid crape myrtle, is an artificial hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Lythraceae. Its parents are Lagerstroemia indica (the crepe‑myrtle) and L. subcostata var. fauriei (the Japanese crape myrtle).
Hybrid crape myrtles are widely planted in the United States as ornamental trees and shrubs. For example, the city of McKinney, Texas has a set of Crape Myrtle Trails and a World Collection Park devoted to over one hundred varieties of crape myrtles.
Their use in the United Kingdom was curtailed until recently because the plants rarely survived British winters even in mild southern coastal areas. It turns out that crepe myrtles need a sustained period of hot weather in the summer to "ripen" the wood, or they will be damaged by frost in the winter. With increasing temperatures due to climate change and in urban heat islands, crepe myrtles are now being successfully planted, typically against a south-facing wall where they can "get a good baking".
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