Crimson Fire Chinese fringe flower
Loropetalum chinense 'Crimson Fire'
USDA zones7 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 4 feet tall4 to 5 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
'Crimson Fire' Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense 'Crimson Fire') is a shrub for specimen use, hedges, foundation plantings, and borders. 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. It is evergreen, fragrant, and drought tolerant, with an arching habit. Deer tend to pass it by. It grows 35 to 47 inches tall and 47 to 59 inches wide.
Pairs well with Nigrescens mondo grass, Gold Mound Japanese meadowsweet, and Society garlic.