Definately do cut out at the base, all trunks in your CM that are blooming pink. Then be certain to pinch off any new growth that the roots of those cut off branches try to keep growing. If you keep the new growth pinched off then only those roots should suffer,and the white blooming branches should begin to experience an advantage, which helps them to prosper more. Unless it is just the lighting cast on the day you took that photo of the pink blooms, the pink blooming trunks might be a Biloxi Crape Myrtle. Those bubblegum pink blooms, in my opinion are a much nicer sight than some of the more pale easily washed out pinks that some CMs produce. Anyway I only tell you this to let your know that if you do like that particular pink color and would like to have a CM growing someplace else with that color, Than simply order or find at some local nursery a Biloxi Crape Myrtle that is already blooming and that you can confirm it really is a Biloxi Crape Myrtle.

Minderella, They have a plant sale in October and one in April of every year. I'm trying to work it out to sell cuttings by request with the proceeds going to the park. There is an administrator I have to discuss this with as the park is not set up to take credit or debit cards, check or cash only, but preferably check written out to the park, not me or other person/s. I will find out how and post an announcement here on the board. Folks are also able to schedule a visit and I'll meet anyone there at the park. Potted plumeria will be $20.00 with 2 or more tips. Cuttings will go for $5.00 per tip, your choice for color or cultivar. Again it's affordable and fun and the park is open to the public free of charge everyday. Park opens at 800AM and closes at dusk. Feel free to email me if you plan to visit. Thanks, Stuart

So, did ya get a good deal $$$ ? The only time I bought plants (cactus cuttings) on ebay I ended up being a victim of shipping cost rape which wasn't apparent until the deed was done and it was too late. I've never ordered from e-bay since. In late November I ordered $85 worth of mostly little bluestem along with 3 asters and a few guara's that SRG is kindly holding until March for spring shipping which I bought in a weak moment when they had the last gasp 2015 Fall Sale for late planting in zone 8. Talk about falling off the wagon. BS grows everywhere here and I always think how ridiculous it is when I buy them but the cultivars look better in urban landscapes because they are uniform, have the best form and color. About collecting in the wild, I view each situation differently and act accordingly. If there are miles and miles of very common plants, such as asters, dogweed, smakeweed, cowpen daisy, Maximillian sunflowers, grasses etc that you see growing in abundance all across the state or growing for acres in rural areas with no possibility of becoming endangered or threatened I have no qualms about collecting either seeds or plants. Some people would disagree. My conscience is fine with it but more to the point, my common sense is at ease. I learned some people throw a fit over this so I no longer post about it. If an area is slotted for development, I have no qualms on a 'rescue' concerning anything growing there, including cactus. I frown on people collecting with the intent to sell or those collecting rare, threatened, almost threatened or protected species such as cactus. There is a local man who sells rustled cactus here, he doesn't even take the trouble to dig them well, just whacks off most of the roots. Some plants won't transplant or survive a move which is another factor to consider. Its varies from one situation to the next.

Yes. You drove right past me. We are right on Hamilton Pool road. I work as a Volunteer at West Cave and swim in the river right up stream from there. You see the pool from the lookout that they corral you on at the beginning of the tour. That used to be where I did Yoga twice a week in the morning. It is a beautiful area. Next time you come this way, don't be shy. Yes, the CL is there to stay . I also got a red romaine and some others but that CL was the dominant one by far. Celtic was a close second.