(Golden Chain Tree)

Travel the rivers and forests across Brazil's Amazon Basin, and you'll encounter the showy golden chain tree. This semi-deciduous flowering tree is becoming increasingly more rare as its habitat is destroyed. And it is rarely used in tropical gardens because it transplants poorly its seed is viable for only a short time. Somewhat fast-growing, it attains an an upright, slightly rounded habit. The thin, pale gray to tan bark is warty and exudes bitter milky sap if damaged.

The glossy, emerald...

(Chinese Fringeflower, Fringe Flower, Loropetalum)

Creamy white flowers and a compact dense habit make the Chinese fringeflower Carolina Moonlight® a good choice for the garden. This vigorous cultivar is a cross between Loropetalum chinense cultivar `Hillier` and Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum cultivar `Blush`and was bred by Carroll Theodore Stephens of North Augusta, South Carolina.

Asian in origin, fringeflower bears fragrant, spidery blooms from late winter to early spring and sporadically throughout the year....

(Chinese Fringeflower, Fringe Flower, Loropetalum)

Chinese fringeflower ‘Snowmound’ is an evergreen shrub native to Japan, China and southeastern Asia. It bears fragrant, many-petaled, spidery white flowers in late winter and early spring and sporadically at other seasons. The alternate, ovate leaves are leathery, rough on their upper surface, paler underneath. The cultivar ‘Snowmound’ produces light green new foliage which matures to dark olive green. Snowmound is a compact, dwarf selection with a dense, mounding form.

Loropetalum prefers...

(Chinese Fringeflower, Fringe Flower, Loropetalum, Purple-leaved Chinese Fringeflower)

Red leaf Chinese fringeflower is an evergreen shrub native to Japan, China and southeastern Asia. It bears fragrant, many-petaled, spidery hot pink flowers in late winter and early spring and sporadically at other seasons. The alternate, ovate leaves are leathery, rough on their upper surface, paler underneath. The cultivar ‘Burgundy Blast’ produces new foliage which is burgundy to purple; the older foliage is dark burgundy to dark green. In zones where semi-evergreen, the foliage may exhibit orange...

(Chinese Fringeflower, Fringe Flower, Loropetalum, Purple-leaved Chinese Fringeflower)

The robust and colorful Chinese fringeflower named Ever Red® has rich deep burgundy leaves and vivid red flowers. This evergreen shrub is compact, mildew and disease resistant and drought tolerant once established.

Asian in origin, fringeflower bears fragrant, spidery blooms from late winter to early spring and sporadically throughout the year. Its oval, burgundy leaves are leathery, rough on their upper surface and paler underneath. This selection has an upright to arching habit and offers...

(Chinese Fringeflower, Fringe Flower, Loropetalum, Purple-leaved Chinese Fringeflower)

Red leaf Chinese fringeflower is an evergreen shrub native to Japan, China and southeastern Asia. It bears fragrant, many-petaled, spidery dark pink to red flowers in late winter and early spring and sporadically at other seasons. The alternate, ovate leaves are leathery, rough on their upper surface, paler underneath. The cultivar ‘Daybreak’s Flame’ produces new foliage which is rose-red to bronze; the older foliage is red to dark green. In zones where semi-evergreen, the foliage may exhibit orange...

(Chinese Fringeflower, Fringe Flower, Loropetalum, Purple-leaved Chinese Fringeflower)

Red leaf Chinese fringeflower is an evergreen shrub native to Japan, China and southeastern Asia. It bears fragrant, many-petaled, spidery dark pink flowers in late winter and early spring and sporadically at other seasons. The alternate, ovate leaves are leathery, rough on their upper surface, paler underneath. The cultivar ‘Fire Dance’ produces new foliage which is rub-red maturing though red purple to dark green with a hint of red. This large shrub has an upright to arching habit.

Loropetalum...

(Chinese Fringeflower, Fringe Flower, Loropetalum, Purple-leaved Chinese Fringeflower)

The hot rose-pink flowers and free spreading habit of Little Rose Dawn® make this an exceptionally beautiful and versatile Chinese fringeflower for the landscape. It was discovered by Mark P. Griffith of Watkinsville, Georgia as a chance sport of Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum cultivar `Ruby.’

Asian in origin, fringeflower bears fragrant, spidery blooms from late winter to early spring and sporadically throughout the year. Its leathery scalloped leaves are evergreen with pale...

(Chinese Fringeflower, Fringe Flower, Loropetalum, Purple-leaved Chinese Fringeflower)

Chinese fringeflower Plum Delight or 'Hines Purpleleaf' is an evergreen shrub native to Japan, China and southeastern Asia. It bears fragrant, many-petaled, spidery dark pink flowers in late winter and early spring and sporadically at other seasons. The alternate, ovate leaves are leathery, rough on their upper surface, paler underneath. The cultivar ‘Hines Purpleleaf’ produces foliage that emerges rose-purple and matures to bronze-purple. In zones where semi-evergreen, the foliage may exhibit orange...

(Chinese Fringeflower, Fringe Flower, Loropetalum, Purple-leaved Chinese Fringeflower)

Red leaf Chinese fringeflower is an evergreen shrub native to Japan, China and southeastern Asia. It bears fragrant, many-petaled, spidery raspberry red flowers in late winter and early spring and sporadically at other seasons. The alternate, ovate leaves are leathery, rough on their upper surface, paler underneath. The cultivar ‘Monraz,’ commonly known as Razzleberri, produces new foliage which is burgundy maturing to dark green and red with a hint of bronze. This large shrub has an upright to arching...