By KARA KUNKEL / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsKara Kunkel is a Dallas freelance writer.
Photos by EVANS CAGLAGE/DMN
Crape myrtles, such as 'Acoma', are popular throughout North Texas for their beauty and durability. "
In North Texas, if you give a crape myrtle enough sunshine and adequate care, it's hard to go wrong. Still, these vividly blooming shrubs and small trees, a staple of Southern landscapes, often don't get the respect they deserve, according to a group of crape myrtle devotees in McKinney.
McKinney's annual Crape Myrtle Craze on Saturday is intended to show North Texans the wide range of the summer bloomer's trees and shrubs, and offer for sale some of the hard-to-find varieties. The event, organized by the Crape Myrtle Trails of McKinney Foundation, also features a symposium and bus tours of the city's 14 miles of crape myrtle plantings.
McKinney isn't the only city in the nation or the state that has adopted the crape myrtle as a cause, but it hopes to gain distinction. The foundation aims to beautify the city with thousands of crape myrtles and to create a park where every known variety would be planted and studied.
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