Loropetalum Chinense

Loropetalum chinense burgundy leaved form of loropetalum chinense sometimes known as the fringe flower this is one of my favourite spring blooming shrubs. The plants may be as tall as 10 feet but are usually small trees of 5 feet.

Just A Girl With A Hammer April 2018

Loropetalum chinense

Details loropetalum chinense rubrum china pink appearance. Naturally dense and compact this versatile shrub can be almost anything you want it to be. They flower in winter or early spring which is a novelty and their foliage has a spectacular red purple or multi coloured effect.

It prefers a well drained fertile soil enriched with organic matter. Rubrum fire dance family hamamelidaceae genus loropetalum are evergreen free flowering shrubs with star shaped hairs. Synonyms loropetalum chinense f.

The genus name loropetalum is derived from the greek words for strap and petal and refers to the long thin petals of its fringe like blooms. But spring and autumn is when it really comes into its own with its showy swathes of magenta tassel like flowers. Two forms of l.

Flowers are in clusters at the end of short branches with thin strap like petals similar to those of their witch hazel relatives and also produced in late winter and early spring details fire dance is a selection of this rounded. The leaves are oval and glossy green set on stems with crinkly brown bark. Loropetalum plum gorgeous certainly lives up to its name with its stunning year round plum foliage.

Loropetalum plants are native to japan china and the himalayas. A small to medium dense shrub with attractive purplish red foliage and clusters of pretty pink tassel like flowers which appear heavily in spring and then spot flower throughout the summer. It comes from china it is also found in japan and myanmar and grows to about 2 3 m tall.

Just A Girl With A Hammer April 2018