Loropetalum chinense ‘Black Pearl’Chinese fringe flower
An evergreen shrub with purple foliage so dark that it reads as black, covered in late winter and spring with fringed fuchsia-pink flowers. It is used for contrast: against pale stone, against green or silvery foliage, or in a large pot beside an entrance.
- Evergreen purple-black foliage that contrasts with everything around it
- Fringed fuchsia flowers when the garden is still dormant
- Compact, between 1.5 and 2 metres, good in a pot and in massed planting
About this cultivar
Loropetalum chinense 'Black Pearl' forms a rounded, branched shrub of 1.5 to 2 metres, with small oval leaves that keep their dark colour all year round, more intense when exposed to the sun. The flowers, with narrow ribbon-like petals, appear in clusters along the branches between February and April and return sparsely in summer.
It is a shrub for a mild climate: it asks for shelter from hard frosts and cold wind, acidic to neutral soil, moist but well drained, and regular watering in summer.
It accepts light pruning after flowering to keep its compact form, and performs well in a large pot, in mixed massed planting and as a low informal hedge.
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