Red Diamond Loropetalum

The Red Diamond® Loropetalum is a vibrant, easy-care evergreen shrub prized for its rich purple foliage, brilliant pink-red blooms, and naturally refined growth habit. This improved Loropetalum chinense offers the perfect balance between compact dwarf varieties and oversized landscape selections, making it an excellent midsize loropetalum for modern gardens.

Throughout the year, the deep burgundy-purple foliage provides bold color and contrast in the landscape. In spring, the plant erupts in a spectacular display of bright fringe flower blooms that cover the branches in shades of vivid pink to red. Additional flowering often occurs throughout the growing season, providing recurring bursts of color against the dramatic foliage.

Unlike larger loropetalums that can quickly outgrow their space, Red Diamond Loropetalum maintains a dense, mounded form with a naturally compact habit, making it ideal for foundation plantings, hedges, and borders. Its manageable size allows homeowners to enjoy the beauty of a colorful loropetalum shrub without constant pruning or maintenance.

Whether planted as a specimen, grouped for impact, or incorporated into mixed landscape beds, this versatile fringe flower delivers year-round interest through its foliage, flowers, and evergreen structure. The rich purple foliage pairs beautifully with green shrubs, ornamental grasses, and flowering perennials, creating striking color combinations throughout the landscape.

If you're looking for an adaptable evergreen shrub that provides bold foliage color, seasonal blooms, and a tidy growth habit, the Red Diamond Loropetalum is an exceptional choice.

The Red Diamond™ Loropetalum is another tremendous evergreen shrub from the Southern Living Plant Collection!

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New growth emerges in spring as a soft purple before maturing to dark purple to burgundy. Try contrasting this rich, dark foliage with contrasting colored plants, such as the Sunshine Ligustrum, Orange Rocket Barberry, Lemon Lime Nandina, or Mojo Pittosporum.

The Red Diamond Loropetalum reaches a mature size of 6' tall and 6' wide. Therefore, this variety of Loropetalum won't engulf its surroundings like some others tend to do. Additionally, this naturally compact growth habit ensures that pruning is optional or infrequent.

Use this low-maintenance shrub as a hedge, container, accent, or mass planting.

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