A botanist weighs in on our love-hate relationship with crepe myrtles

Loved by some and loathed by others, are crepe myrtles the right fit for Australian streets?

Dion Wijaya/Pexels The crepe myrtle – a medium sized-tree often covered in an explosion of white, pink, purple or red flowers – lines many an Australian street. Lots of people love them but others think of them as an inadequate and over-planted species. Some even refer to them…