20 Graines Lilas des Indes, Lilas d'été, Lagerstroemia indica

India lilac, summer lilacs |

Lilas of India, Summer Lilas, Lagerstroemia Indica.

20 seeds - Average germination: 70% - Rustic: - 5 ° C - Bonsaï: Yes - Direct sowing at 18/20 ° C

Photo: Sowing date 25-06-2022

Lagerstroemia Indica, commonly known as the summer lilac, India lilac or even pancake myrtle, is a kind of ornamental trees from the Lythraceae family, it is from China and Japan. Lagerstroemia Indica is most often in the form of a multi-tronc shrub with deciduous leaves up to 6 m high for as much diameter. Its beige bark marbled in pink gray and its beautiful late flowering make it a superb ornamental plant to brighten up the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. The opposite, whole, dark green leaves become yellow and orange in autumn. White, pink, purple, purple, purple or carmine flowers, form panicles 9 cm in diameter appearing in late summer and in autumn, at an or few trees flourish. Many hybrid cultivars have been developed between L. Indica and L. Fauri. 

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