well-groomed look the year round
this evergreen carpets shaded ground at eight to twelve inches
and the winter fruit feeds songbirds when little else remains
grown around the Mediterranean since antiquity and named from the Greek neros
Now scattered and increasingly uncommon in the wild
Lagerstroemia indica "Pixie White" prophouse well-groomed look the year round'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