The trees / Crape myrtle
Crape myrtle 百日紅
Sarusuberi · grown in Bonsaily in 3–17 August
A summer tree with crinkled pink blossom that lasts about a hundred days, as its kanji say. Its bark is so smooth its name means “monkey slip”.
In the game
On days when the crape myrtle is the seed, every close answer grows a branch, and every Bullseye brings out its colour. Your finished tree joins the month’s garden.