
CRAPE MYRTLE (Lagerstremia indica). 
This vigorous, easily 
grown deciduous shrub or small tree deserves greater appreciation 
and much wider planting. Sometimes called ‘‘The Lilac of the 
South,’ it bears immense bouquets of bright flowers during the 
greater part of summer. The blooming period may be prolonged by 
cutting the flowers when they wither, thus stimulating new growth 
and bloom. 
Lavender. Showy clusters of pinkish lavender. 
Rose. Deep old-rose. A favorite. 
Watermelon-pink. Large bright panicles that do not fade. 
White. Creamy white flowers that look best among other varieties. 
DURANTA plumieri (Golden Dewdrop). An evergreen shrub with 
green leaves and racemes of lilac flowers, followed by yellow berries 
that hang on throughout the winter. It is rather tender but is 
planted as far north as northern Florida. 
plumieri alba. This variety is identical with the one above except 
that flowers are white instead of lilac. 
EL-ZAGNUS pungens. An extremely hardy, fast-growing shrub. 
The leaves are silvery green, with russet on the underside. Flowers 
are inconspicuous, but in fall and winter the large fruits are very at- 
tractive and edible as well. E. pungens fruitlandii and E. pungens 
aurea maculata are bo:h valuable for roadside and seaside planting. 
See page 7 which illustrates its spreading habit. 
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstremia indica) 

GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES CO., Glen Saint Mary, Florida 



BOTTLE BRUSH 
Callistemon 
In April this plant produces 
long, cylindrical, brush-like 
flower-spikes which give it 
the name of ‘Bottle Brush.” 
The evergreen foliage is nar- 
row and dark green. Hardy 
in northern Florida and 
southward. 
Coccineus. Red stamens 
and yellow anthers. 
Rigidus. Bright red stamens. 
Eleagnus pungens aurea maculata. More showy than Pungens 
or Variegata because of its distinctive gold markings which make 
it conspicuous in any planting of evergreens. Smaller in growth, 
never reaching the immense proportions of its better-known 
parent, it retains and accentuates that random growth which 
distinguishes Elaagnus. Illustrated on page 6. 
pungens fruitlandii. A variation of Pungens with longer, more 
pointed leaves. Maximum height 10 to 15 feet. 
pungens variegata. The chief difference between this variety and 
Aurea maculata is that Pungens variegata has silver markings on 
the leaves instead of gold. Growth habit is medium slow. 
