Investigation on Resources of Lagerstroemia indica Alba Group in Zhejiang

Field investigations were implemented in 2015 and 2016 on resources of Lagerstroemia indica in Zhejiang province based on Guidelines for the conduct of tests for distinctness, uniformity and stability-Crapemytle (Lagerstroemia indica). Cultivars of L. indica Alba Group were reported. The result demonstrated that 18 cultivars were identified, among them, 10 ones were reported, and 8 ones were new records. The investigation demonstrated that L. indica ‘Dahua Hongri Yingxia’, L. indica ‘Hongyun’ and L. indica ‘Zishan’ had excellent ornamental characteristics.