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synda Carrollton, OH(Zone 6a) Mar 17, 2011

Can anyone tell me what this is ~~~~~~~ my cousin has it growing in her yard in GA,they just bought the house .

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synda Carrollton, OH(Zone 6a) Mar 17, 2011

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Mar 17, 2011

Loropetalum chinense http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=loropetalum&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=chinense&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&searcher%5Bgrex%5D=&search_prefs%5Bblank_cultivar%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search

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synda Carrollton, OH(Zone 6a) Mar 17, 2011

Thank You so much !!!!!!!!

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Weerobin Saint Louis, MO(Zone 6a) Mar 17, 2011

Loropetalum won't be hardy in your climate.
I have a couple of them which overwinter outside in my yard (same zone as you),
but frankly, they look terrible. They survive, but lots of winter-kill, few flowers...
I suggest enjoying them at your cousin's house.

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synda Carrollton, OH(Zone 6a) Mar 17, 2011

OK............ thank you!

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catmad Pelzer, SC(Zone 7b) Mar 27, 2011

I have one of these, as well, so thank you for the ID. It's just been called a "fringe plant" when I asked.

Mine got very leggy in the last year, and I'd like to prune it. I don't know when, or how much.

Any experts out there?

Last year it bloomed bith spring and fall, and is finishing it's spring bloom now. It was very pretty:)

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synda Carrollton, OH(Zone 6a) Mar 27, 2011

catmad this is what I found http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/shrubs/hgic1085.html hope it is of some help to you. I have seen pictures of them pruned to look like a tree,bare wood stock with a poof of leaves and blooms at the top.

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catmad Pelzer, SC(Zone 7b) Mar 28, 2011

Well thank you, Synda! I should have thought to look up Clemson, I _did_ think of calling their TV show, now that I had a name. I've always wanted to ask something that wouldn't seem to stupid:)

Thanks again, I'll go read up...

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synda Carrollton, OH(Zone 6a) Mar 28, 2011

I was always told that any genuine question is never a stupid question..........and you are very welcome !

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