Loropetalum is an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Loropetalum in the family of Hamamelis, scientific name Loropetalum.chinense.var.rubrum, alias red fringe flower, red yoke and so on. Its branches and leaves, long flowering period, shoots light red, flowers and leaves delicate, beautiful posture, soft wood, very resistant to pruning, easy to coil plastic, suitable for family potted ornamental.

Flowers 3～8 clusters at the top of new branches. Sepals 4, ovate. Petals 4, bar-shaped, 2-4 cm long, light red or purple-red. Stamens 4, filaments very short, scale-like. Capsule ovoid, seeds long ovate, black, shiny. Flowering period twice a year, the first March to April, the second August to September, growing conditions suitable for flowering in all seasons. Fruit ripening period in September to October. Open field cultivation tree height up to 4 ~ 9 meters, multi-branching, shoots light red, dark red stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, ovate, 2-5 cm long, apex acute, base crookedly rounded, dark purple, leathery, entire. New leaves at the beginning of the leaf red, has a high ornamental value, with the increase in the age of the leaves and the rise in temperature, the leaf color changes, in early summer leaf color becomes dark red, to the summer high temperature season, the leaf color almost becomes green. Light-loving, slightly shade-tolerant, but shade when the leaf color is easy to turn green, less flowering.

Like warmth, the growth temperature of 15 ~ 30 ℃, in the -14 ℃ low temperature can be safe over winter. Strong drought tolerance, waterlogging tolerance is also very strong. Suitable for growth in fertile slightly acidic soil, intolerant of barrenness. Potting soil avoid viscous waterlogging.