Crepe myrtles are among the few trees which flourished, even revelled, in the terrible heat of this past summer. Lagerstroemia ‘Biloxi’, a small tree some 6 metres by 5 metres, is covered in billowing masses of soft pink flowers from January to April. This cultivar gives a brilliant display of autumn foliage, yellow, orange and red. It pays plant in well prepared soil and water it regularly until it is established. Over time it develops beautiful cinnamon bark.