Jazz Hands® Bold Loropetalum

Light Needs

Partial Sun to Full Sun

(At Least 5 Hours of Direct Sunlight)

Mature Height

5-6 Feet

Mature Spread

5-6 Feet

Growing Zones

7 to 9

This evergreen shrub provides year-round interest with its colorful foliage and flowers. The foliage emerges in a shade of pink that darkens to purple as it matures. The frilly 2-inch fuchsia-pink flowers that appear in mid-spring contrast nicely with the dark-colored round leaves. This plant will be a star in your garden. This shrub is sometimes referred to as Chinese fringe flower.

Jazz Hands Bold Loropetalum can be grown in USDA hardiness zones 7 to 9 in part to full sun conditions in well-drained acidic soil. This shrub can be used in mass plantings, as a specimen plant, in shrub or perennial borders and as a container plant. Northern gardeners will need to grow this shrub in a container and bring it inside or move it to a greenhouse during the winter months.

Jazz Hands Bold Loropetalum Care

This shrub will reach 5 to 6 feet tall and wide in a mounded form at maturity. It grows at a medium rate and flowers on old wood. It rarely needs pruning but if pruning is desired to maintain a specific shape, prune after flowering has occurred to avoid removing next year’s flower buds.

Jazz Hands Bold Loropetalum Spacing

Space multiple plants 6 to 7 feet apart on center to give them plenty of room to grow.