Lagerstroemia fauriei Bill Cawthon nursery-propagated plants like these help

nursery-propagated plants like these help take the pressure off the wild colonies while sharing a genuine botanical treasure

and lean limestone soil that would defeat softer plants

but the effect is unmistakable: an amethyst star held out along the vine

dark violet fruits after flowering

Lagerstroemia fauriei Bill Cawthon nursery-propagated plants like these helpAmong crape myrtles, Lagerstroemia fauriei is the aristocrat grown as much for bark as for bloom. A small, multi stemmed, deciduous tree from Yakushima Island in southern Japan, first brought to botanical attention in the 1950s, the species reaches a graceful twenty five to thirty five feet with a rounded, vase shaped crown. The summer flowers are white, carried in airy terminal panicles that are smaller and more delicate than the heavy trusses of the