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Plant: Cerise Charm - Loropetalum
Loropetalum · Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum 'Cerise Charm'
$40.00
Size: 3 gal
Light
Full Sun
Bloom
SpringSummerFall
Mature size
10 ft tall8 ft wide
More about this plant
A compact evergreen loropetalum with dark burgundy to near black leaves and pink fringe like flowers that are heaviest in spring and repeat through the year. New growth emerges bright red. It forms a dense mound 2 to 4 feet tall and wide in full to part sun and well drained, slightly acidic soil.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 10 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A compact evergreen loropetalum with dark burgundy to near black leaves and pink fringe like flowers that are heaviest in spring and repeat through the year. New growth emerges bright red. It forms a dense mound 2 to 4 feet tall and wide in full to part sun and well drained, slightly acidic soil.
- Flowers
- Spidery pink flowers with four strap like petals in clusters at the shoot tips in spring.
- Foliage
- Small, ovate to elliptical evergreen leaves held in two ranks on arching stems, in a deep burgundy tone.
- Fruit
- Woody two valved capsule with brown hairs.
- Bark & stems
- Slender brown stems densely covered in fine hairs when young.
- Pruning
- Tolerates pruning for size and shape. Prune after flowering ends.
- Native range
- China, Southeast Asia and Japan
