Today is Sunday. I woke up late: 7:30 AM. The sun was already up too high but I went for a walk anyway. On every street bloomed Lagerstroemia (named after the Swedish merchant Magnus von Lagerström), commonly known as crape myrtle or crepe myrtle. There are around 50 varieties of crape myrtle. There is the bright red Dynamite Crape Myrtle, the deep pink Pink Velour Crape and the purple Twilight Crape Myrtle (which has bark that changes color). Some have white blossoms. So it can be said that when you’ve seen one crape myrtle, you definitely have not seen them all.
The neighborhood would be a poorer place without them.
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