Plant: Carolina Midnight - Loropetalum
Loropetalum · Loropetalum chinense 'Carolina Midnight'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
One of the taller fringe flowers, reaching 10 to 12 feet high and 8 to 12 feet wide, with arching, multi stemmed growth and reddish purple foliage held on rough, sandpapery leaves arranged in a single plane. Clusters of four petalled, strap like flowers open in late March and April with a feathery, spidery look. It needs acidic, well drained soil and takes full sun to part shade, becoming drought tolerant once established, and it is generally pest free and deer resistant. Use it as a large accent, an informal hedge or a screen.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 12 ft tall and 12 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 7b-9b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
One of the taller fringe flowers, reaching 10 to 12 feet high and 8 to 12 feet wide, with arching, multi stemmed growth and reddish purple foliage held on rough, sandpapery leaves arranged in a single plane. Clusters of four petalled, strap like flowers open in late March and April with a feathery, spidery look. It needs acidic, well drained soil and takes full sun to part shade, becoming drought tolerant once established, and it is generally pest free and deer resistant. Use it as a large accent, an informal hedge or a screen.
- Flowers
- Clusters of three to six four petalled flowers with wavy, strap like petals give a feathery or spidery effect in late March and April.
- Foliage
- Simple alternate leaves 1 to 3 inches long held in a single plane, rough and sandpapery to the touch, reddish purple in this cultivar.
- Pruning
- Prune after the spring bloom if needed. It can be sheared into shapes or trained as an espalier, and overgrown plants can be renovated by cutting stems back to 6 to 12 inches above the crown.
- Native range
- China to northeast Thailand, Japan and Taiwan
