Abstract: This paper introduced the germplasm resources of Lagerstroemia in China. The research advances and achievements of Lagerstroemia at home and abroad were reviewed according to different means of breeding，such as selection，cross and mutation. The research achievements by means of cross
breeding of Lagerstroemia abroad was emphasized on different breeding aims. In the future，it should be the tendency of Lagerstroemia breeding to create new varieties of abundant color，long florescence and fragrant flower with the combination of molecular breeding and traditional methods.

Key words: Lagerstroemia, germplasm, breeding