Lagerstroemia

 Lagerstroemia — commonly called Crape Myrtle–is a genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees grown for their brightly colored flowers and often peeling bark. Many crape myrtles are extremely popular landscape plants in mild-winter and Mediterranean climate regions including California, the Gulf Coast, and the Deep South. Crape myrtles bear conical panicles of crinkled flowers; flower…