{Our Gazebo & Natchez Crapemyrtle}

• Our Gazebo you have seen before in this → {French Floral Pillow Set and our Gazebo} but today I want to introduce you to our white blooming Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei 'Natchez'. 
• A National Arboretum introduction, Natchez Crapemyrtle is a cross between Lagerstroemia indica 'Pink Lace' and the frist L. fauriei brought from Japan, this was done back in 1964. 
• You can read more here.
• This rather tall crapemyrtle is behind our gazebo and you can see it from the entrance. 
• We used to have one beside our driveway but that was a huge mistake! 
• Not because of its looks but because of the dripping honeydew, caused by crapemyrtle aphids. 
• This would stain our driveway and any car(s) that were parked there. 
• Such sticky stuff is hard to clean off. Also on the balcony we had that problem as its branches were reaching up high. 
• Next came the blossoms and the seeds that caused a mess... So I gave it the death penalty and Pieter wacked it down. 
• Sad to see its beautiful bark on the multiple trunks being gone but we got a 'baby'. So join me to our gazebo...

• After a heavy rain, everything was wet but not yet cleaned... Felines do sleep on the chairs often.

• Guess within a month we can enjoy our gazebo again. Now it is too hot!
• The cushions for the chairs we keep dry inside the big container on wheels.

• Everything fresh and clean. Our geraniums are barely 'hanging' in there...

• This is our 'Natchez' crapemyrtle. Beautiful bark too.

• Looking towards the gazebo. A red hummingbird feeder hangs to the right.

• It blooms forever, all through summer and can stand the heat very well.

• You can see the round seeds being formed, that does weigh the branches down at certain times.

• Lagerstroemia Natchez is a very productive crapemyrtle!