i bought a red crepe myrtle bush and after i planted the blooms are pink. what did i do wrong?

Question

when i bought the bush it had red blooms on it. a deep red color

is there anything i can do to bring it back to the red color

Answer 1

The color of the blooms have to do with the acidity of the soil.

I based my answer on that it was bought with blooms on it. I guess the third answerer didn't read that.

I have 7 crepe myrtles on my property. All started out as suckers off of my father's 30' crimson red crepe myrtle. Some are red, some are fuschia, some are light pink.
I'm willing to bet it is the soil acidity, make up, or root temperature.

Answer 2

No offense to you, or others who answer, but it might be far more simple than soil acidity.

Have you considered the possibility that the plant was just tagged wrong???

In that business, like soooooooooooo many other high volume fast paced, low wage, businesses, and given that humans make mistakes, it's possible that someone tagged that plant as red, when in fact it was pink. Perhaps when packed, it had no blooms on it?

I guess you can take a soil; sample, a bloom sample, and the receipt, back to the point of sale?

Rev. Steven

Answer 3

Been there, done that several times. Likely miss-tagged. I have dozens of crepe myrtles, many very close to each other, and they retain their original colors, even after moving them around to different locations. One in a very acid location next to a pine was pink before it got there, and is still pink.

Answer 4

I would go back to the store that you bought it from and get their advice. They would probably know the best the soil and clilmate conditions in your area. Unless you bought it at a discount place like Wal-mart or Target. Then just go to a respectible nursery in your area for advice.

Answer 5

I don't have the chemical make up of your soil and can't tell what you need, but it is a result of your soil. Your supplier can tell you and supply the product needed in the soil.

Answer 6

You trusted the tag on the pot...it was probably a pink one all along...oops!