I have several Chickasaw that I picked up at the National Arboretum plant
sale several years ago. They are indeed truly miniature... I also have a
sport or witches broom from a chickasaw that is even smaller... it's a tiny
accent plant that I use in bonsai displays, about 2 inches tall, blooms
every year.

Dave

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http://www.netplants.net/crapemyrtle_varieties.htm
anybody ever see these? I just love crepe myrtle since living in D.C.
all summer
bloom in a perennial. wowo. and I do have someplace to over winter it.
Ingrid


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http://www.netplants.net/crapemyrtle_varieties.htm
anybody ever see these? I just love crepe myrtle since living in D.C.
all summer
bloom in a perennial. wowo. and I do have someplace to over winter it.
Ingrid

Park Seed sells seeds for a variety called Crape Myrtelette (Lagerstroemia).
From a packet of 30 seeds planted in February, I ended up with eighteen
plants that are now 3" - 4" tall. They were sold as a hedge or shrub in
zones 7+, a herbaceous perennial in zone 6, and a pot plat further north.
They were featured in an article in "Flower and Garden" many years ago when
I first tried them and lived up to their name. Foot tall plants bloomed
readily with a good range of colors.

BTW, they root readily from cuttings.

John

anybody ever see these? I just love crepe myrtle since living in D.C. all
summer
bloom in a perennial. wowo. and I do have someplace to over winter it.
Ingrid


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compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
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Stay away from a nursery in Florida. I believe the city is Gainsville? I
bought 6 cuttings for 59 dollars and they all died on me.

I bought one from a nursery via online. About three years ago. It's still
growing in a pot, very small, but it flowers. Not what I had in mind for a
Crepe Myrtle, but I'll keep it. I bring it in the house around Labor Day, it
loses it's leaves, I occasionally water it, and the next spring, it starts
growing new leaves. This live cycle, not influenced by temperature change is
amazing.

They say that in Asia, where it was cultivated is considered a 'weed' variety.
Some weed.