Loropetalum chinense 'Red Chocolate' ~ Red Chocolate Fringe Flower med-light The loose clusters of trumpet-shaped

The loose clusters of trumpet-shaped purple petunia like flowers bloom from late spring until frost

but is intolerant of wet soils

Its serrated dark green leaves with red veins grow on red-purple stems and turn red-purple in fall

Winner's Circle is heat and cold tolerant

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  High Maintenance

Loropetalum chinense 'Red Chocolate' ~ Red Chocolate Fringe Flower med-light The loose clusters of trumpet-shapedRed Chocolate Fringe Flower is a re blooming evergreen shrub with a more upright habit in youth that becomes more mushroom like as it matures. Its foliage turns a deep purple with chocolate hues that holds strong in summer and heavy blooms of hot red fringe like flowers in late winter through spring. Best color in part sun and moist, acidic, well drained soil. Type: Shrub Origins: East Asia Height: 5' 8' Spread: 4 6' Spacing: 5' USDA Hardiness Zone: 7