Carolina Moonlight Chinese fringe flower
Loropetalum chinense 'Carolina Moonlight'
USDA zones7 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size5 to 6 feet tall5 to 6 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Arching
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Carolina Moonlight' Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense 'Carolina Moonlight') is a shrub for borders, hedges, specimen planting, and foundation beds. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. Deer tend to browse other plants first. It is evergreen and fragrant, with an arching habit. It also tolerates drought once settled.
Pairs well with Nigrescens mondo grass, Gold Mound Japanese meadowsweet, and Alina rose.