27 Loropetalum Chinense Fire Dance Loropetalum

A white to pale yellow flowering green leafed variety and a pink flowering variety with leaves varying from bronze red when new to olive green or burgundy when mature depending on selection and growing conditions. I have several of the black pearl variety hardy to 10.

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Genus loropetalum are evergreen free flowering shrubs with star shaped hairs 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. Two forms of l. I find they don t need a lot of pruning just prune off wayward branches and reduce the height a little as i like them lower and spreading. At maturity the leaves change to green with only a hint of reddish pigment left.

Rubrum fire dance upright arching habit with rich ruby red new growth changing to a lustrous reddish purple. The flowers are small bursts of dark pink covering the whole plant in late winter early spring and again in late summer early autumn. Other common names loropetalum fire dance. Fire dance is a wee bit more tender i think so if you have had a very cold windy spell that might.

Size plant sku size 03 15 18 ht please login for ordering 07 21 24 ht please login for ordering 10 07 01 20 please login for ordering. Chinense the species has white flowers while the cultivars zhuzhou fuchsia fire dance blush and ming dynasty are a bold pink or red. Loropetalum chinense are best pruned in late spring early summer after flowering has finished. Clipped loropetalum chinense in the garden of masako piper in sydney loropetalum is an undemanding shrub which will grow in sun or shade.

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