Loropetalum chinense
Common name:
Chinese Fringe-flower
Pronunciation:
lo-ro-PET-a-lum chi-nen-SE
Family:
Hamamelidaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
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Broadleaf evergreen shrub, to 6-10 ft (2-3 m) high, with a similar spread. Leaves alternate, simple, ovate-rounded, 2.5-6 cm long, apex pointed, leaf base oblique, margin finely toothed to entire, dark green above, paler and pubescent below. Flowers fragrant, perfect, with four cream to white strap-shaped petals, 20 mm long and 2 mm wide. Fruit a 2-valved capsule, nut-like, to 12 mm diam, lower part enveloped by floral cup, apparently uncommon in cultivation.
- Sun to part shade. Acidic, well-drained soil
- Hardy to USDA Zone 7 Native to China and a single locality in Japan
- Some of the more popular cultivars have reddish-purple leaves and pink to reddish flowers and are considered variations of L. chinense var. rubrum.
- Loropetalum: from Greek loron, thong, and petalon, petal, alluding to long narrow petals. chinense: of China.
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