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: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 6-8' x 6-8'
Natural Growth Habit: Arching, Dense, Rounded, Upright, Vase
Native To: Asia, Cultivar
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Time: Spring, Summer
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: #3, #15
Sunset Garden Zones: 6-9, 14-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-10
Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Plum Delight’ is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with an upright, rounded, dense, vase-shaped habit and featuring long, arching branches with leaves that are a glossy, deep plum-purple all year and distinctive fuchsia-pink to magenta flowers with ribbon-like petals. 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 var. rubrum ‘Plum Delight’ is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with an upright, rounded, dense, vase-shaped habit and featuring long, arching branches with leaves that are a glossy, deep plum-purple all year and distinctive fuchsia-pink to magenta flowers with ribbon-like petals. 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.
