Purple Daydream® Dwarf Loropetalum is easy to grow in Southern gardens located in USDA hardiness zones 7 and warmer. At the ...

Loropetalum are so easy to grow, you can practically plant them and forget them. But you won't, because these shrubs with white, pink, creamy white, or reddish-purple blooms, also called Chinese ...

Much of the state got a dose of winter weather last week. Seeing pictures of gardens and landscapes farther north covered in a blanket of snow made me thankful for living on the coast. Having lived in ...

Loropetalums have a bold beauty in landscapes that I admire, but I’ve noticed that the traditional, large varieties can sometimes be a bit overwhelming in small garden spaces. That’s why I love the ...

Q Not to beat a dead horse on what to do about this abundant shrub still looking so awful around town, but at this point what little flowering they can muster has occurred on mine and is being ...

One thing we know we can count on in the South is that it’s going to get hot. It is useful to include plants in your landscape that can handle the hot and dry conditions. Loropetalum is a ...

Q: My neighbor pointed out a part of my big pink-blooming loropetalum shrub that has white flowers. Why did this happen? Do I have an off-breed loropetalum? — Jack Chilton, north Decatur A: It’s ...

Q I had told my neighbor a couple of times about mistletoe on one of the trees in her front yard. I had seen the clump of mistletoe growing bigger each year for 7-8 years. She just had her trees ...