Description
| Botanical name | Lagerstroemia indica / speciosa | |||||
| Common name | Furus / Jarul / Pride of India Crape Myrtle (USA) | |||||
| Family | Lythraceae | |||||
| About | It is a multi stemmed deciduous tree. The bark is smooth, pinkish-gray and mottled, shedding each year. Leaves also shed each winter, after spectacular colour display, and bare branches re-leaf early in the spring; leaves are small, smooth-edged, circular or oval-shaped, and dark green changing to yellow and orange and red in autumn. Different colours of flower has been seen in different trees such as white, pink, mauve, purple or carmine with crimped petals, in panicles up to 9 centimetres.
In the United Kingdom, Lagerstroemia indica has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. |
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| Category | Flowering – Perennial. | |||||
| Plant type | Outdoor deciduous climber. | |||||
| Origin | Native to the Indian Subcontinent (hence the name indica), and also to Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan. | |||||
| Soil | Well drained, sandy loam soil with pH value 5 – 6.5 is most suitable. | |||||
| Light | Grow well in full sun. | |||||
| Irrigation | Irrigate the plant adequately in spring & summer; Don’t keep the medium dehydrated. Camellia can’t with stand dry medium. Providing irrigation during flower bud formation is most important.
For tap water, preserve the water 24 hrs to minimise the presence of salts, chlorine, fluoride etc. |
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| Fertigation | Particulars | Dose | Schedule | Mode | ||
| Summer | winter | |||||
| GROWMUSS | 10-15 gm / 8” pot | 30 Days | Soil application | |||
| Neem Bahar | 10-15 gm / 8” pot | 30 Days | Soil application | |||
| Micro nutrient | Lifeline | 3 ml / litre | 30 Days | Foliar spray | ||
| Growmin Maximum① | 2 gm / litre | ① Alternative | ||||
| Pest control | Growneem | 3 ml / litre | 30 Days | Foliar spray | ||
| Toxicity | Non-toxic to pets. | |||||
Deliverable
Standard Pot – Plastic pot (Click here to see)
· Pot size – 4 inch to 6 inch
· Plant Size – 6 inch to 24 inch (The size may vary based on the availability of the plant/s)
Potting Medium – Coco-peat/ Soil (as and where applicable).
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