Lakeshore Garden Centres Plant Finder

Other Names:  Chinese Fringe Flower, Chinese Witch Hazel

Brand:  Monrovia

Description:

A delighful spring-blooming shrub with stunning deep pink flowers smothering the plant; blackish-maroon foliage maintains its color even in summer heat; an easy to grow and well-behaved shrub for general garden use

Ornamental Features

Zhuzhou Fuchsia Chinese Fringeflower is draped in stunning fragrant fuchsia strap-like flowers along the branches in early spring. Its attractive oval leaves emerge burgundy in spring, turning grayish green in colour with showy brown variegation. The foliage often turns burgundy in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Zhuzhou Fuchsia Chinese Fringeflower is a multi-stemmed evergreen perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Zhuzhou Fuchsia Chinese Fringeflower is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Zhuzhou Fuchsia Chinese Fringeflower will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. Although it is technically a woody plant, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as a perennial in our climate if planted outdoors over the winter, usually regrowing from its base (crown) the following year. As such, gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is particular about its soil conditions, with a strong preference for rich, acidic soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

This plant is not reliably hardy in our region, and certain restrictions may apply; contact the store for more information.