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Queen Crape Myrtle in Flower at St. John’s University!

June 28, 2017 Catherine Lee 1 Comment

‘Just living is not enough, one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower’, so said the butterfly in the Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales…..

So today is a wonderful day to see the flowering Queen Crape Myrtle (紫薇花) otherwise known as Pride Of India, Banaba or Lagerstroemia Speciosa outside the multi-coloured Mechanical Engineering Building here at St. John’s University…

Beautiful flower, beautiful day!

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Anne Henriksen says:

June 28, 2017 at 10:46 pm

Hi Catherine,

I can understand it’s called the pride of India. It’s a nice bright colour….

It gives sunshine on this grey day in Oxford ☺

Blessings

Anne

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