Purple Diamond Chinese fringe flower
Loropetalum chinense 'Purple Diamond'
USDA zones7 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size4 to 5 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
'Purple Diamond' Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense 'Purple Diamond') is a shrub for borders, specimen planting, hedges, and foundation plantings. 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 pass it by. The evergreen leaves stay on the arching branches all year, and the flowers are fragrant. It is also drought tolerant.
Pairs well with Nigrescens mondo grass, Gold Mound Japanese meadowsweet, and Alina rose.