Botanical Name: Common Names:
Loropetalum chinense rubrum Blush Pink Chinese Fringe Flower,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Oval, Rounded, Shrub Like
Description:
Delicate hot pink crepe paper like flowers appear amongst elegant rich burgundy semi weeping foliage from Spring through to early Autumn. This very showy shrub is the perfect plant for that sunny position in your garden, also looks fantastic in a decorative pot on your patio. For all year garden colour plant with another coloured foliage plant such as Leucophyta Silver Nugget or Sedum Goldilocks.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Loam, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Tropical Garden, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Hamamelidaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Burgundy, Pink
Flower Colour: Pink
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Autumn, Spring, Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: High
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate