I am in the land of Crape Myrtles!!!!!  And they are blooming everywhere!

 

Lagerstroemia is the genus name, but we all know them as Crape Myrtle.  There are lots of colors, ranging from white (Natches) to pink and magenta, to lavender and red!!!!

 

They are great small trees, and adapt well to street dwelling.  So they are planted along residential streets, in median strips, and in commercial parking lots ALL over Norfolk and Virginia Beach.  Everywhere we go, we see them.  

 

I wish I could say which one is my favorite, but to do that I would have to eliminate ALL the others, so I can't.  I just LOVE them ALL!!!  Each one makes me happy.

 

Be on the lookout where you are, and notice the Crape Myrtle trees.  If you can get up close, give them a smell:  it is a glorious thing!!!

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!