(Weeping Golden Chaintree)

Brilliant and cheerful strings of yellow flowers drape down from the spreading branches of the weeping golden chaintree in late spring. It is a delightful, weeping-habit, small deciduous tree from southern Europe (France to Croatia). In spring the newly emerging leaves are hairy and gray-green and eventually expand to the mature dark green color. There are three oval leaflets on each compound, trifoliate leaf. By late spring the sparsely-spaced, drooping branches are loaded with bright yellow pea-like...

(Cherry Dazzle Dwarf Crapemyrtle, Hybrid Crapemyrtle)

Pretty bright cherry-red blooms grace the branches of Cherry Dazzle® crapemyrtle in summer. The new leaf growth of this compact crapemyrtle is orange-red, matures to dark green and turns to shades of burgundy in autumn. This cultivar was selected by Michael Dirr in 1997 out of approximately 2,000 Lagerstroemia 'Pokomoke' seedlings.

Crapemyrtle is a heat-loving, summer flowering, deciduous shrub that originates from Asia. It is best known for its large clusters of brightly colored blooms...

(Hybrid Crapemyrtle, Snow Dazzle Dwarf Crapemyrtle)

Pretty white blooms grace the branches of Snow Dazzle® crapemyrtle in abundance from summer to fall. Its beautiful rounded leaves are red-purple when they first emerge, mature to dark green and turn burgundy-red in autumn. This cultivar was selected by Michael Dirr in 1999 out of approximately 125 open-pollinated seedlings from Lagerstroemia ‘Gamad V.’

Crapemyrtle is a heat-loving deciduous shrub that originates from Asia. It is best known for its large clusters of brightly colored blooms...

(Hybrid Crapemyrtle, Ruby Dazzle Dwarf Crapemyrtle)

Pretty pink blooms grace the branches of Ruby Dazzle® crapemyrtle from summer to fall. Its beautiful rounded leaves are rich dark green and bronze-red and look great all season. This cultivar was selected by Michael Dirr in 1999 out of approximately 1,017 open-pollinated Lagerstroemia 'Pokomoke' seedlings.

Crapemyrtle is a heat-loving deciduous shrub that originates from Asia. It is best known for its large clusters of brightly colored blooms that appear at its branch tips in summer....

(Dazzle Me Pink Dwarf Crapemyrtle, Hybrid Crapemyrtle)

Pretty bubblegum pink blooms grace the branches of Dazzle® Me Pink crapemyrtle from summer to fall. This is one of the earliest crapemyrtles to bloom. Its beautiful rounded leaves are dark olive green and turn lovely orange-red in the fall. This cultivar was selected by Michael Dirr in 1997 out of approximately 1,000 Lagerstroemia seedlings of unknown parentage.

Crapemyrtle is a heat-loving deciduous shrub that originates from Asia. It is best known for its large clusters of brightly...

(Dwarf Crapemyrtle)

This dwarf crapemyrtle, 'Bourbon Street,'(also known as'June Marie') is a miniature shrub with gray-green leaves and watermelon-red flowers. Bloom starts in late spring and continue until frost. In fall, the leaves turn shades of yellow, orange and orange-red.

Like other crapemyrtles in the Dixie Series, this shrub tolerates heat and drought and almost any well-drained soil that is not highly alkaline. Nonetheless, adequate moisture, especially as flowering begins, keeps the leaves green and bloom...

(Dwarf Crapemyrtle)

Dwarf crapemyrtle selection 'New Orleans' (also 'Passion') is a very low-growing weeping shrub with green leaves and summer-occurring purple blossoms. Flowering can being as early as late spring and continue up until frost. In fall, its foliage changes into an array of yellow, orange and red hues.

Dixie dwarf crapemrytles are heat and drought tolerant shrubs that can be planted in practically any well-drained soil that is not too alkaline. Adequate moisture, especially as plants begin to flower,...

(Dwarf Crapemyrtle)

This dwarf crapemyrtle grows into a dense, mounding, deciduous shrub that bloom heavily with deep-red flowers. From midsummer onward, 'Sacramento' produces its blossoms in clusters on branch tips. Removing spent clusters can produce a second flush of flowering. This is a heat-loving plant that has dark green leaves through summer. The leaves turn red in autumn.

Like most crapemyrtles, 'Sacramento' tolerates a wide range of well drained soils and grows best in hot sunny locations. It is susceptible,...

(Athen's Rose Lantana, Lantana)

This Athen’s Select introduction offers beautiful rose pink and yellow blooms that can stand up to heat and drought but look delicate enough for use in a cool cottage garden. This everblooming, evergreen tropical shrub is grown as a warm season tender perennial in temperate zones.

The hybrid ‘Athen’s Rose’ has a spreading bushy habit and tan flexible branches covered with a forest of small dark green leaves that have a strong, unpleasant smell when crushed. It bears numerous rounded clusters...

(Lantana, Tangerine™ Spreading Lantana)

Lantana ‘Mone’, commonly known as Tangerine™ Lantana, is an everblooming, evergreen tropical shrub that is grown as a tender perennial in temperate zones. This hybrid is grown for its numerous rounded clusters of small, tubular flowers of red, yellow and orange. These are multicolored because their individual flowers open at different times and change color as they age. The plants have dark green leaves, a dense branching habit, and an abundance of flowers. Tangerine™ is a spreading type,...