Nearly a week after the first full-bloom record, the compact shrub is still packed with saturated red clusters from edge to edge.
Season notes
Fresh yellow-centered flowers, paler aging florets, and unopened round buds are all visible together, showing the bloom renewing itself rather than ending at once. The foliage underneath remains glossy and clean.
The late-June bud set has opened into a saturated red canopy, with yellow-centered flowers spread across the shrub and plenty of unopened clusters still queued.
Season notes
The foliage remains glossy and clean beneath the flowers, and the bloom is distributed across the full plant rather than concentrated on one branch. A pepper plant rising behind it makes the frame a good record of how tightly the ornamental and productive beds share this sunny corner.
The dwarf crape myrtle is carrying clean glossy foliage and rounded buds across the branch tips, just before the summer bloom opens.
Season notes
This is a useful pre-bloom stage record: strong red stems, dense healthy leaves, and flower buds distributed all over the new growth instead of just one or two tips.