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Plant: ZhuZhou - Loropetalum
Loropetalum · Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum 'Zhuzhou'
$180.00
Size: 15 gal
Light
Full Sun
Bloom
Spring
Mature size
10 ft tall8 ft wide
More about this plant
A burgundy leaved evergreen loropetalum covered in spidery fuchsia to hot pink flowers in spring. It grows in full sun to part shade, prefers acidic, well drained soil with some afternoon shade, and tolerates deer and drought once established. Use it as a hedge, screen, foundation shrub or specimen.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 10 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A burgundy leaved evergreen loropetalum covered in spidery fuchsia to hot pink flowers in spring. It grows in full sun to part shade, prefers acidic, well drained soil with some afternoon shade, and tolerates deer and drought once established. Use it as a hedge, screen, foundation shrub or specimen.
- 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
