- Carolina midnight loropetalum
Botanical name: loropetalum chinense ‘carolina midnight’
Average Size at Maturity: 10 – 15 ft in height and a 6 – 10 ft spread
Hardy zone: Zones 7-10
Bloom Time: year-round
Flower Color: pink
Foliage Color: purple/red/green
Growth Rate: grows 6 – 24 inches a year
Pruning needs: Prune as soon as the plant is done flowering. Do not remove more that ¼ of the size of the plant at once
Landscape Use: Accent, Bed, Borders, Hedge, Mass Planting, Screening
Light Needs: minimum of 4 hours of sun a day
Special Feature: can be maintained as a shrub or trained to grow as a small tree
Water Needs: water every other day for the first 3 – 4 months and then reduce watering to about once every week or 2 depending on the amount of rainfall throughout the week
Fertilizing needs: Use 8-8-8 every 2 months during growing season
