How to Use crepe myrtle in a Sentence

crepe myrtle

noun

• Plants that once died in the cold — crepe myrtles, camellias — now do just fine.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 22 July 2019
• As for trees from elsewhere, Smith says the crepe myrtle of the south could be a good example.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2023
• This includes even South Texas natives such as crepe myrtle, mesquite and huisache.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 21 May 2021
• By year three, your crepe myrtle will be well on the way to reclaiming its former glory.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2021
• The cemetery is spread across 15 mostly flat acres, outlined by Bradford pear trees and crepe myrtles.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 20 May 2020
• Inside the bed, a welcoming pair of Adirondack chairs are bookended by a crepe myrtle and a live oak tree.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Apr. 2022
• Eighty crepe myrtle trees were planted on the property, one for each of the Branch Davidians who died in 1993.
  — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2023
• Drought-tolerant once established, crepe myrtles bloom in the heat of summer in shades of purple, pink, red, or white.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 July 2023
• All the trees adjacent to the buildings, which include crepe myrtles, and along the perimeter of the property also will remain.
  — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• Natchez’ crepe myrtle and cedar tree in the center bed, adding a Japanese maple for screening and shade as well as low-lying spreading yews, lavender phlox, and lamb’s ears.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2020
• Other new trees planned for the site are fruitless olive trees, crepe myrtle and Washingtonia palms as well as agave, aloe, flax lily and other shrubs and ground cover.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2021
• Reflecting pools are illuminated at night, and a grove of crepe myrtle trees provide a canopy of shade.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2021
• Towering sycamores, magnolias, pine and crepe myrtle trees shade lawns and houses.
  — Debbie Funk, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
• Tourists have entered our home’s gate to take close-up pictures of our Easter lilies, have climbed onto our front porch for selfies, have drunkenly urinated on our crepe myrtles in broad daylight with the help of girlfriends.
  — Anne Gisleson, Curbed, 23 May 2018
• In Larchmont, the neighborhood the Langfords fell in love with, young children scratched chalk doodles on the sidewalks, college students and senior citizens ran side by side on nature trails, and crepe myrtle trees popped pink along silent streets.
  — Jake Bittle, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2023
• The house itself is nestled between two groves of crepe myrtle trees with professionally installed uplighting that is striking at night.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2022
• Naples Botanical Garden What do towering bamboos, crepe myrtle, jack fruit banyan trees, orange bromeliads and bougainvillea have in common?
  — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018
• Examples of shrubs that flower on new growth include crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia species), beauty berry (Callicarpa species) and butterfly bush (Buddleia species).
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 Oct. 2022
• Trees with peeling bark, such as heptacodium and crepe myrtle, offer winter interest.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2021
• The backyard blooms with several varieties of hydrangea, along with Russian sage, Rose of Sharon, elderberry bushes, crepe myrtle, weeping pine, and monkey puzzle trees.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2023
• There’s an occasional geranium and a few crepe myrtles (Lagerstroemia species), but other than that, there’s little a Kentucky gardener would recognize as anything other than a house plant.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2020
• Instead of being jammed into a tiny office with his staff — the equivalent of a freshman dorm in college — he was provided a roomy suite in the desirable Rayburn Office Building overlooking a courtyard surrounded by crepe myrtle trees.
  — Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• Instead of being jammed into a tiny office with his staff — the equivalent of a freshman dorm in college — he was provided a roomy suite in the desirable Rayburn House Office Building overlooking a courtyard surrounded by crepe myrtle trees.
  — Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024