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Loropetalum (Chinese Fringe Shrub)

This page provides information about Loropetalum, commonly known as Chinese fringe shrub, as well as other plants referenced in the text. We'll explore their characteristics, origins, and potential interactions with your pets and children. The text mentions several other plants as well, each with their own unique attributes.

Considerations for Pets

• The text mentions roses with sparsely prickly stems. Prickly stems can pose a physical hazard to pets.

Considerations for Children

• The text mentions roses with sparsely prickly stems. Prickly stems can pose a physical hazard to children.

Scientific Name and Common Names

• Scientific Name: Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum (pink-flowering Chinese fringe flower)
• Common Names: Chinese fringe shrub, Chinese fringe flower

Distribution and Habitat

• Native to Japan, China, and the Himalayas.

Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits

• Loropetalum is described as a beautiful shrub suitable for borders and hedges.

Other Plants Mentioned

• Chinese Snowball (Viburnum): A classic viburnum often found in Southern gardens, with blooms spanning 6 to 8 inches across.
• Wall of China: A fast-growing hedge shrub, growing 5 feet per year.
• Chimonanthus praecox: Chinese Wintersweet, a sweetly scented winter-flowering shrub.
• Berberis verruculosa: A slow-growing, compact evergreen shrub native to China with small dark green glossy leaves and golden-yellow flowers.
• Aucuba robusta: A shrub found in Southern China (Guangxi), growing up to 4m tall.
• Deutzia corymbiflora: Chinese Snow Flower.
• CHINA GIRL and CHINA BOY: Dioecious shrub companions.
• Caragana sinica: A deciduous shrub growing to 1.5 m (5ft), hardy to zone 6.
• Caragana microphylla: A pioneer leguminous shrub species.
• Calycanthus chinensis: The Chinese Sweetshrub, a beautiful deciduous shrub.
• Jatropha Shrub: Showing promise as biofuel in China.
• Rostrinucula: A shrub collected in the 1985 Sino-British Expedition to China.
• Rhodomyrtus tomentosa: A shrub that creates "shrub islands" in degraded land of South China.
• Cassinia arcuata: Evaluation of blitz-grazing management of Chinese scrub.
• Lycium barbarum: Goji Berry.

Distribution of Other Plants

• Several plants on a list originate from Japan, China, and Korea.
• Chilean shrubs are also mentioned.
• The western Ordos Plateau is a key area of shrub diversity in north-west China.
• Atraphaxis frutescens is found in northwestern China.
• Tetraena mongolica is an endangered shrub in Inner Mongolia, China.