Lyonia lucida SEO Crape myrtle belongs to the

Crape myrtle belongs to the loosestrife family (Lythraceae) and hails from China

The plant spreads by shallow runners into a generous patch

Slow-growing and refined

Standing twelve to thirty inches tall

a real advantage over the early-blooming tulip magnolias

Lyonia lucida SEO Crape myrtle belongs to theLyonia lucida, the fetterbush, is one of the quiet evergreen pleasures of the Southeastern wetlands, a shrub of upright, arching stems clothed in glossy, leathery leaves. Look closely and each smooth leaf shows a fine vein running just inside the margin, a neat identifying mark, and the species name lucida, Latin for shining, salutes that polished surface. The common name comes from the dense, tangling thickets the shrub forms in the wild, said to