Ruby Loropetalum

Ruby Red Loropetalum Offers Vibrant Pink Flowers and Year-Round Burgundy Foliage

Add Lasting Color to Your Landscape with Ruby Red Loropetalum Shrubs

• Thrives in USDA grow zones 7-11
• Grows a manageable mature size of 3-5 feet tall and wide
• Drought tolerant once established
• Low maintenance and deer resistant

The eye-catching clusters of rich pink fringe flower blooms will appear in early spring. The deep purple-colored leaves of this evergreen shrub will provide color all year round. Dark burgundy foliage is a beautiful sight in any landscape!

Why Gardeners Love this Chinese Fringe Flower

Planting one (or several) of this dwarf loropetalum lets you enjoy early season pink blooms plus deep red-purple evergreen leaves year-round. It has become quite the staple in Southern yards! The Ruby Loropetalum  thrives in USDA growing zones 7-11. This compact, low-maintenance bush is beloved by landscapers for its:

• Drought tolerance
• Deer resistance
• Compact growth habit

This combination of sought after benefits and manageable size make it the perfect shrub choice for borders, mass plantings, or containers.

• Popular Landscape uses: Plant this colorful flowering shrub as a foundation planting accent to your home, as mass plantings, or as a statement piece in your landscape. It will be sure to bring some looks as a loropetalum shrub border too with its reddish-purple leaves. You can even keep loropetalum in a container if you desire.

What Makes the Ruby Loropetalum Unique?

Did you know this Loropetalum variety is actually a member of the witch hazel family? Some call it the Chinese witch hazel plant because it is native to China and Japan. Its bright pink blossoms in the spring and shiny ruby and green foliage make it a great choice for many landscapes. 

What makes Ruby Loropetalum genuinely unusual in the shrub world is the color tension it creates. Most plants with bold, dark foliage produce flowers in muted or complementary tones that blend in. Ruby does the opposite: those hot pink blooms collide with the deep burgundy leaves in a way that should feel like too much, but somehow just works. It's a combination you don't see often in a single plant, and it's the reason this shrub stops people in their tracks even in the middle of winter when it's putting on its earliest blooms.

Ruby Loropetalum Care

Once you've got them in the ground, Ruby Loropetalum is one of the easier shrubs in your care rotation.

• Soil: The dark purple colorful foliage demands that the root systems stay in well-drained soil types. If your landscape soil is slow-draining, be sure to amend with ingredients such as perlite or charcoal to decrease water retention.
• Watering: Water regularly during the first growing season while the root system establishes. Once settled in, these shrubs handle dry spells well. In extended droughts or during summer heat peaks, occasional deep watering helps maintain good color and vigor.
• Fertilizing: A slow-release fertilizer applied in early spring does the job nicely. It supports strong new growth going into the bloom season and keeps that burgundy foliage looking its richest. You don't need to fertilize heavily; one application in spring is typically all it takes.
• Pruning Ruby Loropetalum: Prune right after the spring bloom period wraps up. This gives you time to shape the plant without sacrificing next season's flowers. Ruby Loropetalum tolerates heavy pruning well and bounces back with impressive vigor.

Gardener Pro Tip: Always remove dead or diseased wood whenever you spot it. Pruning is the key to maintaining your preferred landscape aesthetic. The Ruby Chinese Fringe Flower responds well to a variety of pruning depending on the look you're trying to achieve! You can:

• Trim it lightly to maintain a tidy, rounded shape
• Cut it back harder to rejuvenate an overgrown plant
• Train it into a small tree form by gradually removing lower branches over a few seasons

Buy Ruby Loropetalum Shrubs from Perfect Plants Nursery

We have been growing plants on this farm in North Florida since 1980. These aren't plants we order from a third-party distributor and forward to your door. We grow them ourselves, on our own 70-plus acre property, and our team handles them every step of the way from propagation through shipping to your front door. 

We know what a healthy root system looks like, what good growing color looks like, and what it takes to get a plant from our farm to your door in the best possible shape.

Shop the Ruby Loropetalum for sale and have it shipped directly to your home! Or browse our collection of other Loropetalum varieties to find your perfect plant.