Purple Daydream® Dwarf Loropetalum 

Agreed! I loved that at the end of his videos

Me too!

I still watch Jim's old videos and always find joy in hearing him say that! As well as "where we talk all things gardening"!

@Diane Bright Hahahaha! Good one!

I planted mine in front of a soft colored abelia...striking!

@Mary Lovejoy Hello, I hope you are well. I just wanted to ask you what substrate do you use to plant this beautiful purple daydream plant? Do you put any extra ingredients in the substrate? Like humus, charcoal, clay, pine bark? Thank you in advance for your response. 💚

Me too! Well, I did it a few years ago. I have Loropetalums in the back sunshine ligustrums in the middle, and I plant white Supertunia Vista Snowdrifts (white petunia’s)in the front. I love the combo of purple and that chartreuse greenish color on the Sunshine Ligustrum’s! And then beautiful stark, snowy white petunias growing like crazy because they are apart of the Vista line. The flowers are a show all themselves, but the three if these mixed together, I’m in love! I bet yours are beautiful too!🌻

Like they label Delphiniums as perennial, which they CAN be, but not here in N. Georgia. It's less a zone thing as a climate & soil thing. Wish they'd be honest!

Support a local nursery. The prices may be higher but I get my money's worth with Q&A. Lol. I don't know if big box stores are dishonest so much as ignorant. They may just buy based on what sells and not have the plant knowledge or gardening experience to know what will do well in your area.

I'm in 6a in KC. I have a microclimate on the south side of my house and am going to put one there. Glad to hear it did well in 6b. Hope it comes back for you.

@@carlaradke4066 Thank you. I trimmed off some of the dead-looking stems in spring, and it's been going great guns all season, adding several inches of height and width. I'll keep an eye out for winds this winter, but it's in an otherwise protected spot and has better roots by now so should be fine. In the meantime, I planted several more Z7 shrubs. I have some dahlias that have come back two years (so far). I cut them way back and then cover with leaves and used furnace filters. One tip I saw somewhere was, if the plant is marginally cold hardy, you should plant it in the spring, which gives it more time to get settled in before being subjected to freezing.

Thanks Libby. Yes Jim says the same thing. Plant in Spring. Glad yours bounced back.

Just leave it be. It will fill back in and then you can prune it even. Bending will break it

@@gardenplantswithjimputnam8653 thank you! I will leave it and wait for it to fill back in.

Crimson fire

Not enough sun