Purple Pixie Loropetalum

Loropetalum chinense ‘Peack’ PP 19916

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-10b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Flowering Evergreen Shrub

Height at Maturity: 18″+, depending on pruning

Width at Maturity: 3-4′

Suggested Spacing: 2.5-3′ apart for mass plantings; 6’+ apart for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Cascading, Dense, Mounding, Spreading/Trailing

Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate

Flower Color: Bright pink

Flower Size: 1-1.5″

Flowering Period: Early Spring, Mid-Spring

Flower Type: Fringe

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Deep Purple year round

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun

Water Needs: Average, Low when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sandy (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist to Somewhat Dry

Soil pH: 4.0 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acidic)

Maintenance / Care: Very Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect

Description

With its dense, mounding form and outstanding deep purple foliage and flower color, Purple Pixie Loropetalum is just the plant we’ve been looking for…for decades. Growing to only about 2 feet in height with a spread of 3 to 4 feet, Purple Pixie boasts some of the most intense purple foliage color of any plant on the market, and the color doesn’t fade during summer or winter or in sun or in shade. Vibrant pink, witch hazel-like, fringe flowers are produced in spring, providing a stunning contrast to the the purple, evergreen foliage.

Landscape & Garden Uses

With its low and mounding form, Purple Pixie Loropetalum fits perfectly as an accent in smaller garden spaces or solo in pots, planters and other containers. In larger landscape spaces Purple Pixie is ideal for use as a border, in groupings, or mass plantings. Use it where a low plant is needed in home foundation plantings, as a border along walkways and paths, to cascade over walls, and as a groundcover on embankments, hillsides and slopes for beautification and erosion control. Purple Pixie is one of a very few Loropetalum cultivars that works very well in pots and planters, where it’s weeping branches will cascade beautifully over the edges of pots. A fine addition to purple theme gardens, Asian theme gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).

Suggested Spacing: 2.5 to 3 feet apart for mass plantings; 6 feet or more apart for space between plants

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Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Loropetalum variety is not winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

When planted right, and in the right spot, Purple Pixie Loropetalum is easy to grow and maintain. It must have well-drained soil. As with so many other ornamental plants, constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. So make sure to plant in a well-drained site. In our gardens, we’ve found that Purple Pixie® Loropetalum grows well in full sun or part shade. It has also shown exceptional tolerance to drought, heat, humidity, insects and disease. Purple Pixie Loropetalum requires no pruning to keep its dense, mounding form. That said, a stray branch can be snipped any time of year to keep the plant tidy.

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My recent order from Wilson Brothers (Purple Pixie Loropetalum) came in tip top condition and looks great. I have ordered from Wilson for several years and have been completely satisfied with every order. The selection is vast and the plants arrive in excellent condition. Every plant I’ve ordered is thriving.————————————————–Thanks for the kind words and awesome review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

These showed up quickly, well packaged, healthy, and beautiful. They are exactly like the listing shows. Wonderful company and plants every time!——————————————-Awesome!! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Arrived in excellent condition, which I’ve come to expect from Wilson Bros! I live right at the limit of cold temperatures this plant can survive and I will say this winter was too much for these guys. Serious winter burn and so far it doesn’t seem they will rebound. A risk I was willing to accept but a cautionary tale for anyone else living in zone 7a.

Delivered in great condition. this is a beautiful purple plant!—————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Arrived fresh and well packed. Settled into a very sunny location with no problems.————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

What a great little plant. Beautiful color, nice mounding shape. Will need more of these!————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Plants arrived in beautiful condition and very healthy.——————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

I have Loropetalums in several sizes, and I love this plant for the color that it adds to the garden. I have several dwarf plants in my garden already, and they do well in this Marietta Georgia location. I’ve ordered several times from Wilson brothers, and the plants are a superior quality, and extremely well packed. Everyone of the many plants I’ve ordered for them has done well. I would highly recommend Wilson brothers.—————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I was so pleased with the Loropetalum I ordered! The plants were so healthy. They will make a wonderful addition to my flower bed.——————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Quite pleased with the condition of the plants. Packaged very well and were in excellent condition. These were planted straight away in a prepared bed and are doing very well.
Wilson Brothers has been a very easy company to order from with a huge variety!———————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

Plant arrived in wrapping to help it keep moist and looking very nice and healthy. I’m waiting to remove an old plant before I put this in so keeping it well watered – purple leaves look great on my deck meanwhile. Thanks WB!—————————We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG

I purchased 7 one gallon plants. Shipping was super fast, plants were very well packaged and in beautiful condition when they arrived. They’ve been planted now close to a month and are thriving with little bits of new growth already. I would definitely purchase from Wilsonbrosgardens again!——————————————Hi Susan, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Purple Pixie Loropetalum. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

These 20 purple pixies were delivered quickly and all were still moist even though UPS decided to hold them over the weekend! Unfortunately during shipping UPS “smooshed” the side of one box which broke the main stem on two of them. I took pictures of the damage and emailed customer service. Within five minutes they replied, apologized and are sending two replacements. That’s some great customer service!—————————————————–Hi Deborah, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Purple Pixie Loropetalum. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Sorry about the 2 broken ones, your new ones will be there soon. Thanks for the kind words! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

I ordered 3 of the weeping Purple Pixie’s and they arrived looking great and very well packaged.. I received them in a very timely manner and planted them as soon as they arrived. It’s been several weeks and they are doing great!————————–Hi Sue, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Purple Pixie Loropetalum. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

I couldn’t believe how quickly I received this healthy plant! Thanks guys! ————– WBG Reply: Hi Stacey – you’re very welcome and thanks so much for your review of the Purple Pixie Loropetalum. We hope you enjoy it for many years to come. Still our top favorite Loropetalum in our gardens! Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

Arrived in good shape. Much smaller than I thought, but it will be interesting to see if it rivals the other one I planted this spring. ——— WBG Reply: Hi Charlotte – Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review. Depending on the time of year plants can be a little smaller or larger than average. Because they’re true dwarfs, the Purple Pixie Loropetalum tend to always be and look much smaller in containers than other larger Loropetalum cultivars. I have these planted in several spots in my landscape. Love them! Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

I love these plants. The purple pixie loropetalums arrived very healthy and nice looking. I have already ordered more plants from Wilson Brothers. I will continue to be a repeat customer! The quality of their plants are 2nd to none. ———- WBG RESPONSE: Hi Amy – Thanks so much for taking the time to provide a review of your purchase. We love the Purple Pixie as well and have the first three plants that ever came off the “production line” growing in our gardens. They’re still doing great to this day with very little care. Just make sure the soil drains well as they don’t like constantly soggy or wet soil. We’ll certainly appreciate any future business and always feel free to let us know if there’s every anything else we can help you with. Plant long and prosper! – Brent Wilson | Wilson Bros Gardens

Large healthy plants grew well all summer. Unfortunately, we had an extremely cold – colder than our normal winters where I lost plants I have had growing for 12+ years – and they froze out. I have already made another purchase from Wilson Bos. Gardens (these made it through winter) and will be placing orders in the future.