Purple Daydream® Dwarf Loropetalum Landscape Ideas 

Wow, that's super nice. Thanks

It really is such an easy splash of color with very little effort. Thank you

What about using those 3 that you had together plus the orange one? I like lots of color. How much maintenance do they require?

I'm no expert, but I have boxwood, cherry blast lorapetalum, sunshine ligustrum, and an unknown variety of mounding barberry. One of the things I like about these particular plants is they handle pruning whenever, at least in my case (I'm in zone 7-8 depending on who you talk to). I don't worry about the time of year, the heat, the cold... if there is random growth in a direction I don't want, I just snip it off whenever. Eventually, as my lorapetalum grow larger (I just planted them last spring for a hedge), I believe they will require a bit more maintenance than the other plants. The next plant for maintenance would be the boxwood, mine seem to double in size every season! But the growth is full from the base of the plant to the outside, and I literally snip off excess growth at random and they are full and lush. My mounding barberry has been in the ground 3 years and I've never once touched any of them. It's probably doubled in size, maybe slightly more, but it's not an issue where it's located. I can't speak for the orange rocket, only my own particular barberry. Also, I prefer a more "natural" shape to my plants. If you want to maintain the sunshine to a particular shape, that might need more maintenance, but I don't think it's extreme by any means.

It is hard to miss with those pieces. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thank you for watching.

Yes for sure, but it would need protection in the winter unless you in zone 8 or 9.

Almost certainly. A lot of the newer varieties hold their color better throughout the plant. Thanks for watching

Yes, they are both very shapeable

@@JimPutnam thank you very much. I am new to this planting and you have made it so much fun.

Yes for sure. You can grow variegated abelia instead of spirea in Zone 9

I am definitely planting now. As long as the plant has been outside this is a great time to plant. Don't take something out of a coldframe or greenhouse and plant it though.

Try Plantsbymail.com. it is probably something that would have

I usually answer the first few questions, but the questions from old videos bury new ones very quickly. I give about one hour a day to answering questions, then the rest of the time doing my paying job.