Beginner Gardening: What can I plant instead of Loropetalum Ruby and Azaleas?, 1 by marsue

marsue wrote:
I just popped in to say that if you don't want or need the larger variety of loropetalum, there is a miniature variety that won't get nearly as big as the standard kind. I like loropetalum because they are evergreen and the leaves turn a pretty shade of purple in the fall. Mine aren't the miniatures but I keep them trimmed because the builder planted them in the foundation beds in front of my house and I don't want them getting to be 9 ft. tall. I don't round them off but just try to maintain them in a form that looks natural--sort of like a forsythia. Speaking of forsythia, have you thought about those? It looks to me like you have received lots of good suggestions, so I won't offer any more. I will, however, post a pic of the knock-out roses I have in one of my beds in the front yard. We first planted these in the spring of 2007 and they were only about a foot tall at the time. They are pretty care-free.