ShrubsPurple Loropetalum
Loropetalum chinense
Purple Loropetalum (Loropetalum chinense) is a medium-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 7-9, that matures to about 6-10 ft × 6-10 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect pink, red and white blooms in spring. It stands up well to deer and drought, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 7-9
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 6-10 ft × 6-10 ft
- Spacing
- 6-feet-12 feet
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Foliage
- Green, Red
- Bloom color
- Pink, Red, White
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought
- Native to
- India, China, Japan
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Purple Loropetalum is hardy to about 0°F (estimated from USDA zone 7), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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