HOUSTON CRAPE MYRTLE (BUTTERFLY VIEW)

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The Common Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) from China and Korea, was introduced circa 1790 to Charleston, South Carolina, in the United States by the French botanist Andre Michaux. In the wild the species is most often found as a multi-stemmed large shrub, but two hundred years of cultivation has resulted in a huge number of cultivars of widely varying characteristics. Today it is possible to find crape myrtles to fill every landscape need, from tidy street trees to dense barrier hedges all the way down to fast-growing dwarf types of less than two feet which can go from seed to bloom in a season (allowing gardeners in places where the plant is not winter hardy to still enjoy the intense colors of the frilly flowers). In Europe crape myrtle is common in the south of France, the Iberian Peninsula and all of Italy; in the United States it can be seen anywhere south of USDA Zone 6, doing best and avoiding fungal diseases in mild climates that are not overly humid such as inland California and Texas. In some parts of Texas, the Crape myrtle is also known as a Cuddle Tree.

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This year crape myrtles are blossoming wonderfully in Houston.
I used built-in selective color on test camera Nikon D5100.

Have a nice Sunday my friends.

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Taken in: United States / Texas / Houston / Greater Heights (show map)

Taken on: May 30, 2011

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Camera: Nikon D5100, f/5.6, 1/4000 sec, 32mm (=48mm), ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5100
Lens:	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	1/4000 sec
Focal Length:	32mm (35mm equivalent: 48mm)
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	-13/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.4.1
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