| Common Name: |
Choctaw |
| Scientific Name: |
Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei 'Choctaw' |
| Species: |
Crapemyrtle |
| Category: |
Small tree |
| Habit: |
Deciduous |
| Flower Description: |
Blooms are large clusters of bright, clear pink clusters, usually for twenty weeks or so in the Deep South |
| Fragrance: |
No fragrance |
| Foliage Description: |
Leaves are a deep green in Summer, changing to a bronzy maroon in the Fall |
| Trunk Description: |
Medium cinnamon brown set of trunks, |
| Height of Plant: |
20-30 ft. |
| Spread of Plant: |
12 ft. |
| Hardiness: |
USDA Zones 7 - 10 |
| Hybridizer: |
Dr. Donald Egolf |
| Place of Origin: |
National Arboretum, Washington, DC |
| Other Information: |
Disease resistance to fungus and mildew that bother older type Crapemyrtles |
| Photographer: |
Richard Buggeln |
| Location: |
I-K; 14-15 |