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.

Very pretty flower and sentiments! Good Morning everyone! Happy October! I know that not everyone looks forward to the cooler days of fall, but we do in NC. Wish you all weeks and weeks of Frost Free weather this season! Frances

I live in Indianapolis! I frequent many nurseries on the southside and to be honest, I may swing by Soule's after work today. I am just starting with daylilies, we moved 2 years ago and gardening is a big undertaking on a new build so I do not have many and I do not have a favorite at this time. I enjoy tets and edges for sure, and as of this spring all I had planned for were happy returns, catherine woodbury, bodacious returns, strawberry candy, and kokomo sunset. I didn't find all of them, but I am looking forward to expanding! Thank you so much for the reply!

The plant is probably going to be in shock from transplanting into your garden and from poor care so I would not try to do anything "special" other than let it recover and produce a good root system. Let it decide where to generate new leaves from (you can use pinching next year so "fill" any areas you want to tweak)). It will leaf out at its own pace. Keep it well mulched and keep the soil as evenly moist as you can thru the Fall. Next Spring, if you see any stems that have not leafed out by the middle or end of May, prune those low to the ground. I would not add slow-release fertilizers either since the pots usually have these round fertilizer pellets but, if you do not see any pellets then I would add 1/2 the recommended amount of whatever chemical fertilizer you have since it is not early in the growing season. A weak fertilizer like liquid seaweed or liquid fish or coffee grounds would be ok but stop by month end or so so they go dormant at the proper time and do not get zapped by early cold weather. It would be ok to amend the soil if you need to acidify the soil. In Spring 2016, you can give them organic compost, composted manure, cottonseed meal or a chemical fertilizer with a 10-10-10 NPK Ratio (or something close to that). One application will usually suffice for the whole growing season.