Do all Loropetalums turn purple or red?

Teresa D
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I just scored 3 Emerald Snow Loropetalums from the clearance rack at Lowes yesterday. I've already planted them. I've been wanting a loropetalum to add a different color to my landscape so you can probably imagine my confusion at no mention of the foliage turning colors in the information that I've been able to find online. :-( All it talks about is the dwarf growth habit and the white flowers. Please tell me this thing changes to red or purple in the winter? Anyone know? http://southernlivingplants.com/shrubs/plant/emerald_snow_loropetalum
do all loropetalums turn purple or red, flowers, gardening, My plants are this size with fewer flowers
My plants are this size with fewer flowers.
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  • Claudia Claudia on Oct 27, 2013
    @Teresa - what you have picked up at Lowes (love their sales racks!) is another variety and will keep their color.
  • Christina Butinski Welch Christina Butinski Welch on Oct 27, 2013
    Teresa, I have several. Dark purple leaves with hot pink flowers. You can google for pictures
  • Christina Butinski Welch Christina Butinski Welch on Oct 27, 2013
    http://gardencoachpictures.wordpress.com/tag/loropetalum/
  • Teresa D Teresa D on Oct 27, 2013
    Awww, so the leaves will stay green? @claudia. *pout ... I was so looking forward to the purple.
  • Claudia Claudia on Oct 27, 2013
    I have several purple and would like to have a couple of green w/ white too. I think they're really pretty. You can always return them. The purple are available in several sizes.
  • Dotdirt Dotdirt on Oct 28, 2013
    Thus the name, "Emerald Snow." Stays white and green, better performer in the shade, where the other varieties tend to pale out and have leaves yellow a bit.
  • Home & Garden Design, Inc., Danna Cain, ASLA Home & Garden Design, Inc., Danna Cain, ASLA on Oct 28, 2013
    Sorry, that variety stays green. For red/purple foliage in a dwarf loropetalum, look for "Purple Diamond" (4') and "Purple Pixie" (2')
  • Teresa D Teresa D on Oct 28, 2013
    I'll keep them. It's still a great deal. I got them for $4. It's just that I planted them where I would have wanted the purple color. Oh well, live and learn. There's still a little time left in the season. Maybe I will luck up on the ones I wanted before it gets too cold.
    • 360 Sod (Donna Dixson) 360 Sod (Donna Dixson) on Oct 28, 2013
      @Teresa D I have some reds and purples here :). But yes the one you purchased is a green variety and I think it is a beautiful one. It is my choice when going in front of a darker home or a red brick if the person is wanting to put in a Loropetalum. I like the Purple Diamond that Home and Garden design suggested. I also like the Purple pixie which is a dwarf almost ground cover variety, but I have found it to be a little more difficult to get to establish. I am currently liking the Everred variety which held color nicely through the summer (several varieties will go green in the summer) There are a ton of varieties with different hues of purple, red, burgundy which also have different mature heights, ranging from the pixie at 18" to ZhouZhou which I have seen get to 12 feet.
  • Robbie Bagby Robbie Bagby on Oct 29, 2013
    i have two of these and both are purple. They were in my yard when i moved here and i moved them to a new location during winter that year. They're doing great!
  • 169756 169756 on Oct 29, 2013
    Exceptional plants. Love them. I only have the purple variety. So very hardy! 30 years ago I planted 4 in a little hexagon where I lived in Atlanta. The plants are over 30 feet tall now. Have turned into a fabulous privacy plant for the current homeowners. Massive. I've got both the compact variety and a couple regular size for the new house in Chatt. The regulars are in 2 pots until spring. The two compact flank our sidewalk.
  • Alice Harley-Wosnig Alice Harley-Wosnig on Oct 29, 2013
    I would love to have some white and green ones. I'm going to head to Lowe's today to see what I can find.
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    • Candy Candy on Oct 29, 2013
      @Teresa D I used to work at Lowe's here in Texas, I always would check the clearance racks, We have had numerous shrubs and even some trees on there. At one time I got 4 topiary Hibiscus plants, stood about 4 ft tall, I paid $1.50 each, my yard looked like a tropical oasis by the time I eventually moved. Sad had to leave it all behind
  • Teresa D Teresa D on Nov 09, 2013
    I got my purple pixies! Clearance rack paid off again! Woo hoo! http://www.hometalk.com/diy/score-shopping-the-garden-center-clearance-rack-pays-off-again-2496907
    score shopping the garden center clearance rack pays off again, gardening, I got two 2 5 qt loropetalums dwarf
    Score! Shopping the Garden Center Clearance Rack Pays Off Again!
  • Claudia Claudia on Nov 10, 2013
    Good going Teresa....perfect timing!
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