The trees / Crape myrtle

Crape myrtle 百日紅

Sarusuberi · grown in Bonsaily in 3–17 August

An ink drawing of a crape myrtle bonsai

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.

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