Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in What's Beautiful Now on August 16 2019, by Matt Newman
Find your way to the entrance of the Ladies’ Border, pass under the overhanging greenery, and you’ll see the popping color of summer’s crape-myrtles blooming among the leaves. The punchy pink of Lagerstroemia ‘Choctaw’ and the vivid red of Lagerstroemia indica ‘Dynamite’ are absolute standouts.
[Not a valid template]Posted in Photography on September 4 2015, by Matt Newman
A somewhat grumpy name belies a rather beautiful crape-myrtle.
Lagerstroemia indica ‘Tightwad Red’ in the Ladies’ Border – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 13 2014, by Lansing Moore
Is there anything more cheerful than bright pink flowers against a blue sky?
Lagerstroemia ‘Choctaw’ – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 25 2011, by Ann Rafalko
It seems logical for raindrops to be caught in the frilly edges of a crape-myrtle blossom, but the variegated textures of ornamental grasses can capture them, too.
Lagerstroemia ‘Choctaw’
Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen