Lagerstroemia ‘Ebony and Ivory’

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Ebony and Ivory’ (BD Pure White)
(USDA Plant Release Notice, March 2013): Deciduous, upright shrub to 2.0 m tall and 0.75 m wide after 5 years; leaves elliptical, 3.5 cm long and 2 cm wide, mature leaves brownish grey (Brown 200A) (RHS, 2001) throughout the season; inflorescences 14 cm long and 10 cm wide with yellowish-white (155D) flowers turning yellowish-white (159C) on the second day; created from the crossing of ‘Whit VII’ (SIREN RED®) × ‘Chocolate Mocha’ (DELTA JAZZ®); introduced in 2013 jointly by USDA and Mississippi State University. Name registered 10 May 2013.

= PCM 47 [selection number], ‘Ebony & Ivory’, BLACK DIAMOND® PURE WHITE.

BLACK DIAMOND® PURE WHITE™ (J. Berry Nursery, Grand Saline, TX. Website: https://www.jberrynursery.com/portfolio/crape-myrtles), listed without correct cultivar name (2018); originally listed (2015) as BLACK DIAMOND® ‘Pure White’.

= ‘Ebony and Ivory’ , ‘Ebony & Ivory’, PCM 47 (Source : Checklist Lagerstroemia USDA/ARS National Arboretum )