Crape myrtles are blooming

2021.08.04

Crape myrtle

Crape myrtles are the deciduous plants belonging to the genus Lagerstroemia of the family Lythraceae. 

 

It means it's bark is slimy as if monkeys fell from trees. The name in Japanese come from the story of blooming for 100 days from July to September. 

It has six petals and wrinkle,so it's very beautiful like frills.

You can see it for a long time because the buds begin to open one after the other.The flower is pink or white.

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