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**'Chickasaw'** **The U.S. National Arboretum announces the release of 'Chickasaw',the first in a series of miniature hybrid crapemyrtles.** This small,densely branched, compact plant is the answer to a gardener¹s dream.Striking clusters of glossy, dark red buds open to lavender flowers inmid-summer, crowning the glossy, dark green, disease-resistant foliage.A delightful plant for display in containers, 'Chickasaw' is also the perfectchoice for use as a summer-flowering perennial or as a specimen in therock garden.    **'Chickasaw'**Hybrid Crapemyrtle**Botanical Name:***Lagerstroemia (indica x fauriei)* 'Chickasaw'(NA 62919; PI 596408)**Family:**Lythraceae**Hardiness:**Reliably top hardy to U.S.D.A. Zone 7b; root hardy to U.S.D.A. Zones6**Development:**'Chickasaw' was produced and selected by Dr. Donald Egolf from a complexpedigree involving five original plants and their progeny intercrossedfor five generations. Approximately one-third of its genotype was contributedby *L. fauriei.* The first cross in this pedigree was made in 1967,and the final cross that resulted in 'Chickasaw' was made in 1989. Released1997.**Significance:**'Chickasaw' is the first true miniature *Lagerstroemia indica x L.fauriei* hybrid, reaching a height of 20 inches and a width of 26 inchesafter seven years in container culture. It is highly tolerant to powderymildew.**Description:****Height and Width:** 20 inches talland 26 inches wide after 7 years in container culture.**Habit:** Deciduous, densely branched,dwarf compact mound.**Foliage:** Fine-textured, glossy,dark green foliage, highly tolerant to powdery mildew.**Flowers:** Pinkish lavender flowersin mid to late summer, approximately two weeks after flowers appear onstandard hybrid forms of crapemyrtle; persist until frost.**Culture:**'Chickasaw' is adaptable to the same cultural conditions as other crapemyrtlehybrid cultivars. Thrives in full sun in a good heavy loam soil with apH of 5.0-6.5.**Propagation:**Roots easily from softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings taken before flowering.Rooting occurs in 2-3 weeks under mist, 1000 ppm IBA.**Landscape Use:**Small foundation or border plants, mass plantings in beds in parksand public areas, specimen plants in rock gardens or terraces, or patiocontainer plants.**Availability:**Rooted cuttings were distributed to wholesale nurseries in 1997. Availableto retail nurseries in 1999-2000.  
**U.S. National Arboretum Plant Introduction**Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit U.S. National Arboretum, U.S. Department of Agriculture,Agricultural Research Service, 3501 New York Ave., N.E., Washington, DC 20002
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