Crepe myrtle

I somehow felt that moving from West to East ran counter to the pioneer spirit. Returning from the crepe myrtle and warm days of winter to the bleak peninsula that is Edgewood Arsenal was not too bad in September, but I knew that frosty Maryland days would not be long in coming. 

The term myrtle, a common name for some species in the genus Myrtus, is also used as a common name for numerous other plants. These are not to be confused with species from the Myrtaceae. The best known plant called a myrtle, which is not a member of the Myrtaceae, may be the popular garden plant, crepe myrtle, (Lager-stroemia indica), of the Lythraceae or loosestrife family. 

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