The Red Diamond Loropetalum from the Southern Living Plant Collection is a striking evergreen shrub with purple foliage that brings year-round color and texture to your garden. This mid-sized Loropetalum variety features deep burgundy foliage and vibrant red fringe-like flowers that bloom abundantly in spring and sporadically throughout the year. Its compact upright growth habit makes it ideal for a variety of landscaping uses from borders and hedges to container gardens. Red Diamond Loropetalum is low maintenance drought-tolerant and thrives in full sun to partial shade making it a versatile and resilient choice for enhancing any outdoor space. When planting this Loropetalum bush dig the hole twice as wide as the pot and mix rich garden soil in with your native soil then leave the top of the root ball a half inch above the ground level when filling the hole with soil. Use a slow-release granular fertilizer in Spring. Not guaranteed to be in bloom on arrival.