Crepe Myrtle

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Re: Crepe Myrtle

Post by alpineart »

Hi MJL , I was going to refer to the Hydrangea changes but it was on my mind to try some food colouring on the soil to see if it had an effect .

A graft was the solution to a multi coloured flowering Crepe Myrtle that I always wanted .

Cheers . Alpine
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Re: Crepe Myrtle

Post by Keep Calm and Ramify »

alpineart wrote: February 16th, 2020, 8:17 am The truth be known I grafted a pink branch or two onto it , it will eventually be a tri-colour when I locate a red to graft onto it . Definately an Alpineart special ,uniqely different
Ahh..I see..practicing the "Art of deception" trick very well. :clap: (You little rascal!)
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Re: Crepe Myrtle

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Hi KCR , no deception , just producing something no-one else has , again uniquely different .

Cheers . Alpine
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Re: Crepe Myrtle

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Not a good display with any flowering material here but you get the idea behind the plan in place .
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This is not the only multi coloured trunk here , awaiting the results of another colour graft on a cascade trunk of sorts

Cheers Alpine
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