Have you ever seen a multicolored Crape Myrtle?

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 23, 2007

It is labeled Red Rocket but I can't google any others that look like this one.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 23, 2007

It has 3 very different colors. Red, light pink and a dark pink.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 23, 2007

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Aug 23, 2007

Very pretty! I've never seen that one but I may just have to get myself one! I definitely don't think it's Red Rocket, all the pics of that one show it as plain red, and even the darkest flowers in your pic don't look the right color for Red Rocket. The only one I've ever seen that has any color variation is Peppermint Lace, but it's lighter pink and the difference in colors isn't nearly that dramatic
http://www.monrovia.com/PlantInf.nsf/715018c0a554020088256f1600604920/bcce2280b86da5028825684d0071b612!OpenDocument
I tried googling for multicolored crape myrtles and ran across 'Bicolor', but it doesn't look like quite like yours either
http://www.lagerstroemia.com/Bicolor2.jpg

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 23, 2007

Hi Liz!! You really get around. LOL

I have Peppermint Lace. It is not very dramatic in its color change. This one is very obvious.

Thanks for looking around for me.

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Aug 23, 2007

I have P. Lace too, that's not it.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 23, 2007

Of course you do Voss, you and I like the same things!! Fancy meeting you over here too.

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Aug 23, 2007

i'm stalking you

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MiniPonyFarmer Gilmer, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 24, 2007

I am a big crape myrtle fan and that is REALLY pretty!!!!

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CoreHHI Bluffton, SC(Zone 9a) Aug 24, 2007

My neigbor has a purple crape myrtle that comes out in about 3 or 4 different shades. Truthfully I don't like the look and I thought is was some sort of genetic problem.

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PAMSPACE Temperanceville, VA(Zone 7a) Aug 27, 2007

Dear Kell,

I believe you have a very new cultivar, only available since last summer as far as I know. It is called "Dynamite", I have the same blooms on mine. This is a big one 20 - 40 ft!
Enjoy!!! Pam

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 27, 2007

Thanks Pam. It is not Dynamite though, which I already have. Dont you love Dynamite? I especialy like the red tinged foliage on that Dynamite. It is such a pretty tree. I think it has been available for sometime though for I have had one for a while now.

CoreHHI, gee, I probably would love that purple. Wish you had a picture. I have been trying to find a real purple for sometime. And one with several shades would be so great.

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