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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10a
Plant Height: 3 to 6 feet
Plant Spread: 3 to 6 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer

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Common names
  • Chinese Witch Hazel
  • Chinese Fringe Flower
  • Pink Fringe Flower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum
  • Synonym: Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum

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Location: Wilmington, N.C.
Date: 2022-03-06
A 10-ft tall loropetalum in Wilmington as a street tree - remarka
Location: Hamilton Square perennial garden Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-03-02
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: March 13,  2022
Chinese Witch Hazel #26 nn; LHB page 491, 92-4-1, "From Greek 'lo
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: March 13,  2022
Chinese Witch Hazel #26 nn; LHB page 491, 92-4-1, "From Greek 'lo
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2021-05-23
Only survivor of Texas 2021 Snowpocalypse with temps down to 2ºF
Photo by Hamwild
Location: St Louis
Date: 2010-09-18
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2016-02-20
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: March 13,  2022
Chinese Witch Hazel #26 nn; LHB page 491, 92-4-1, from Greek "lor
Location: Seminole County, Florida, United States
Date: 2019-12-27
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2016-03-13
Location: Sea World San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-03
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-03-02
Chinese Witch Hazel (Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum) Zone 9b
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2009-03-28
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2009-03-28
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2009-03-28
Location: Invergowrie NSW Australia
Date: 2013-09-02
Cultivar "China Pink"
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-02-19
Location: London\Kent border, Englandd
Date: 2011-10-16
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-03-08
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2012-03-21
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2012-03-21
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2009-03-28
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2009-03-28
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2009-03-28
Location: Ellis pottery 
Date: 2015-05-18
Photo by SongofJoy
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