Cultivars of hybrid origin
Recently introduced complex hybrids raised in the USA and involving L. indica and L. fauriei include 'Biloxi', 'Comanche', 'Lipan', 'Miami', 'Natchez', 'Osage', 'Sioux', 'Tuscarora' and 'Yuma'.
Flowers lavender-purple.Autumn foliage orange to brownish red, or red. Selected in usa in 1976. Int. 1987. A hybrid of l. indica (dwarf) _ l. fauriei.
Compact. Flowers rosy purple in large clusters. Originated by hybridisation of l. _matthewsii _ l. indica by s.h. Eaves of Brisbane. 'Newmannii' is similar but with pink flowers.
Lagerstroemia 'Heliotrope Beauty'
Compact habit. Flowers deepish purple. Originated as a seedling of 'Eavesii'. Int. Walter s. Hazlewood, Hazlewood Bros, Epping, nsw, Australia.
Branches slender. Flower clusters long. Flowers pink. Originated as a hybrid in 1960 by j. Desmartis, Bergerac. Int. Desmartis &Cie, Bergerac, France, 1973-4.
Dwarf, upright tree 1-2 m tall with flowers dark pink. Originated as a hybrid by Otto Spring, Oklahoma, usa. Int. 1961 Monrovia Nsy, Azusa, California, usa.
Dwarf, upright tree 1-2 m tall with flowers pure white. Originated as a hybrid by Otto Spring, Oklahoma, usa. Int. 1961 Monrovia Nsy, Azusa, California, usa.
été' Flower clusters 10-30 cm long, arching outwards, pale pink, recurrent. A hybrid developed by Jacques Desmartis &Cie, Bergerac, France, in 1960. Int. 1973-4.