Lagerstroemia indica "Pixie White" prophouse often while frost still lingers

often while frost still lingers

fixing nitrogen through deep roots

to repel mosquitoes

and the winter fruit feeds songbirds when little else remains

Now scattered and increasingly uncommon in the wild

Lagerstroemia indica "Pixie White" prophouse often while frost still lingers'Pixie White' is a true miniature crape myrtle, a low, compact selection that trades the usual upright tree for a small, spreading, often weeping mound. Through the warm season the plant covers the fine green foliage with clear, clean white flowers, the crinkled, crepe textured blooms that name the whole clan, at a scale that fits the smallest garden. Crape myrtle belongs to the loosestrife family (Lythraceae) and hails from China, Korea, and the