- Carolina midnight loropetalum
Botanical name: loropetalum chinense ‘carolina midnight’
Beginner friendly?: yes
Average size at maturity: 10 – 15 ft in height and a 6 – 10 ft spread
Bloom time: year-round
Hardy zone: Zones 7-10
Flower color: pink
Foliage color: purple/red/green
Growth rate: grows 6 – 24 inches a year
Pruning instructions: Prune as soon as the plant is done flowering. Do not remove more that ¼ of the size of the plant at once
Propagation methods: cut a stem just below a node and place in water until roots start to emerge
Landscape use: Accent, Bed, Borders, Hedge, Mass Planting, Screening
Light needs: 4 – 7 hours of sun a day
Special features: can be maintained as a shrub or trained to grow as a small tree
Watering instructions: 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 instructions : Use 8-8-8 every 2 months during growing season
Best time to plant: spring, early summer
Best type of soil: loamy
Companion plants: nandinas, agapanthus, daylilies
Toxicity level: non-toxic for humans and petsI
nvasive species: no
