Loropetalum, Chinese Fringe Flower, Chinese Witch Hazel 'Zhuzhou Fuchsia'

Hardier than other cultivars. Some tip burn/dieback when temperatures hit low single digits, but haven't lost a plant down to zero. It's ...Read Morea multi-season plant that draws many compliments, especially in bloom. Some protection from wind recommended below freezing, esp if in an exposed area.

Propagate from cuttings in early-mid-summer. Or

From seed:
Once capsules are completely open, seed disperses quickly, so try to collect seed as capsules begin to open.

Surface sow (try the plastic containers one normally gets with Chinese carry-out - with tight fitting clear tops - effective micro-climate for small quantities of seed) and don't exclude light during warm cycles.
Fresh seed germinates best - seed dried 6 months germinated about half the rate of fresh seed.
warm, cold, warm, cold (in 3 month periods) and leave cold until germination starts (after 5-6 months) or, for higher % germination results:
warm, cold, warm, cold, warm, cold, and leave cold until germination starts.
Both schedules did not germinate until left cold in the last cycle for 5-6 months.

Seed grown plants from Zhuzhou produce a variety of leaf color, from bright green to dark purple.

Planted 5 plants in early spring and they all took and grew though not rapidly. All 5 died during a tough zone 7 winter but not below 0 F...Read More and in a protected area.

This is a fast growing shrub (4 ft. in a single growing season) which prefers acid and moist growing conditions. It is effective as a sin...Read Moregle specimen or in a grouping.

It was cultivated as an ornamental in Hunan, Jiangxi & Zhejiang provinces.

This variety is the most cold hardy of the pink flowering forms.