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‘Apalachee’, ‘Comanche’, ‘Lipan’, ‘Osage’, ‘Sioux’, and ‘Yuma’ Lagerstroemia

1987; American Society for Horticultural Science; Volume: 22; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21273/hortsci.22.4.674

2327-9834

Donald R. Egolf,

Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation

Abstract ‘Apalachee’, ‘Comanche’, ‘Lipan’, ‘Osage’, ‘Sioux’, and ‘Yuma’ are the first intermediate growth habit Lagerstroemia indica L . × L . fauriei Koehne cultivars to combine mildew resistance, an array of spectacular exfoliating bark colorations, and a range of flower colors. Seven previously released U.S. National Arboretum-released L . indica × L . fauriei mildew-resistant cultivars, ‘Muskogee’, ‘Natchez’, ‘Tuscarora’, ‘Tuskegee’, ‘Biloxi’, ‘Miami’, and ‘Wichita’ are vaseshaped, outward-arched, small trees that can be expected to mature at 7 to 10 m high (4–6, 8); while four others, ‘Acoma’, ‘Hopi’, ‘Pecos’, and ‘Zuni’, are semi-dwarf growth habit cultivars that will ultimately mature at heights <3 m high (7). ‘Apalachee’, ‘Comanche’, ‘Lipan’, ‘Osage’, ‘Sioux’, and ‘Yuma’, with mature heights <5 m, bridge the landscape growth habit gap between the upright, small trees and the compact, semidwarf cultivars. With the introduction of these six cultivars, the U.S. National Arboretum Lagerstroemia breeding project has introduced 23 unique, distinct, and noteworthy cultivars for the nursery industry, landscape architects, and home gardeners alike (1–3).