Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Shrubs
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Large
Also Grown As: Espalier
Mature Height & Spread: 10-15' x 6-10'
Natural Growth Habit: Arching, Dense, Upright
Native To: Asia, Cultivar
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Fuchsia / Pink
Bloom Time: Spring
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Colorful Foliage / Deer Resistant / Drought Resistant / Hedge / Screen / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant / Verticillium Wilt Resistant
Container Sizes: #5, #15
Sunset Garden Zones: 6-9, 14-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-10
Loropetalum chinense ‘Carolina Midnight’ is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with an upright, dense, naturally arching habit and featuring leaves that are a glossy, deep maroon-purple all year. and distinctive fuchsia-pink to near-red flowers with ribbon-like petals. Its rapid, upright growth makes it an excellent choice for a dense, colorful privacy screen or formal clipped hedge. Other uses include as a single specimen, screens, hedges, patio trees containers. Moderate tolerance of seacoast and urban conditions. It requires consistent moisture when installed and acclimating; good drought resistance once established. Prefers rich, moist, well-draining, and strictly acidic-to-neutral soil. It suffers severely from chlorosis in alkaline soils. It is highly shade tolerant; thrives in full sun to partial afternoon shade. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium Wilt. Cold hardy to 0°F.
Loropetalum chinense ‘Carolina Midnight’ is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with an upright, dense, naturally arching habit and featuring leaves that are a glossy, deep maroon-purple all year. and distinctive fuchsia-pink to near-red flowers with ribbon-like petals. Its rapid, upright growth makes it an excellent choice for a dense, colorful privacy screen or formal clipped hedge. Other uses include as a single specimen, screens, hedges, patio trees containers. Moderate tolerance of seacoast and urban conditions. It requires consistent moisture when installed and acclimating; good drought resistance once established. Prefers rich, moist, well-draining, and strictly acidic-to-neutral soil. It suffers severely from chlorosis in alkaline soils. It is highly shade tolerant; thrives in full sun to partial afternoon shade. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium Wilt. Cold hardy to 0°F.
