Lagerstroemia indica "New Orleans" 25/9 Restock followed by red berries that

followed by red berries that feed songbirds into winter

though he never saw the plant that bears his name

and shelter from harsh afternoon sun

this species trades broad

where the airy frame and clouds of pink bloom light a shaded border

Lagerstroemia indica "New Orleans" 25/9 Restock followed by red berries that'New Orleans' is a purple flowered dwarf crape myrtle from the Dixie Series, a group that Michael Dirr, in his Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, describes as the miniature weeping crape myrtles for their low, softly cascading habit. The summer flowers are the rich violet purple that gardeners rarely find at this small scale, crinkled and crepe textured, borne in profusion across a mound of no more than two to three feet. Crape myrtle belongs to the