Lagerstroemia indica x fauerei "Pocomoke" prophouse-summer-2027 and other shade lovers

and other shade lovers

That scarcity

whose name needs no introduction to anyone who has ever cracked a woody-plant manual

whether the shrub is looped along a shaded path or settled in beside taller camellias where the arching stems can borrow a little structure

Native in parentage to Texas and adjacent Mexico

Lagerstroemia indica x fauerei "Pocomoke" prophouse-summer-2027 and other shade lovers'Pocomoke' is one of the smallest crape myrtles in cultivation, a dense, dwarf mound released by the U. S. National Arboretum in 1998 from the breeding program of Dr. Donald Egolf. A hybrid of the common crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) and the Japanese species (Lagerstroemia fauriei), 'Pocomoke' belongs to the group of Arboretum introductions named for Native American tribes and rivers, and carries the deep rose pink flowers that set the selection