Combining Crape Myrtles

Can I plant a Acoma & Tonto Crape Myrtle together (same hole) to produce a tree with pink and white blooms?

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#1 Comment By BushDoctor On 06/15/2018 @ 3:24 pm

This will, usually, result in the death of one or both shrubs. I would not attempt this. A better option will be to graft two colored branches of crape myrtle onto a another of the species. This will allow you to have two different colors on the same tree without competition.

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