Loropetalum chinense

• BOTANICAL NAME: Loropetalum chinense
• PRONUNCIATION:
  lor-o-PET-ta-lum chi-NENS
• COMMON NAME: Evergreen witchhazel
• FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
• NATIVITY: China
• GROWTH HABIT: Irregular, rounded shrub.
• SIZE: 6 - 10' in cultivation, to 30' in the wild
• HARDINESS: Zone (7) 8 - 9
• CULTURE: Sun to light shade, in moist soils. Probably restricted to
  conservatories for the winter and container grown outdoors in the milder
  part of the year. I have had a plant out for two years with some protection and
  it has survived 0°F with some foliar burning.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Specimen, shrub border and naturalizing. A container grown
  patio plant for the mid-Atlantic.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, ovate to elliptical, serrate to entire, 1 - 2 1/2 " long, pubescent.
• BUDS: Small brown, imbricate.
• BARK: Stems are slender and brown.
• FLOWERS: White, clustered in the axils of leaves, perfect. Four petals similar to
  witchhazel about 3/4" long. Mild fragrance when the plants flower in April.
• FRUIT: Brown capsule like witchhazel.
• PROPAGATION: Seed, cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS:
  • `Roseum' - a pink flowered form that is variable.
  • Some plants have maroon foliage in the winter while others have green foliage.