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Crape Myrtle with Two Flower Colors: Nursery Mix-Up

Multi-trunk crape myrtles are often made by rooting several cuttings in one pot. If one cutting was a different cultivar, you get two colors. Prune out the off-color trunk if you want uniformity.

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