Details for: PI 572309, Loropetalum chinense (R. Br.) Oliv. var. rubrum Yieh, 'Blush'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Loropetalum chinense (R. Br.) Oliv. var. rubrum Yieh
Cultivar:
'Blush'
Origin:
Collected – Japan
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Jul 1993
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Loropetalum chinense (R. Br.) Oliv. var. rubrum Yieh
Cultivar:
'Blush'
Origin:
Collected – Japan
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Jul 1993
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
September 1989.
Japan

Donated
21 July 1993.
United States

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Accession Names and Identifiers
'Blush'
Type: Cultivar name

NA 62904
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Flowers produced in clusters of 5 to 10. Each flower has 4 strap-like petals measuring 2.5mm wide to 27mm long which are red-purple (RHS 67B). Leaves coriaceous, to 6cm long and to 4cm wide with margin ciliate, apex acute, and base obtuse and oblique. Young leaf color greyed-purple (RHS 183A), mature leaf color green (RHS 137A). Prefer slightly acid, peaty soil with ample moisture in full sun to partial shade. Hardiness range USDA Zones 7 to 9, being more evergreen in warmer regions. Propagates easily from soft wood cuttings. Ideally suited for home landscape
Loropetalum chinense (R. Br.) Oliv. var. rubrum Yieh
Genus:
Loropetalum
Family:
Hamamelidaceae
Subfamily:
Hamamelidoideae
Tribe:
Hamamelideae
Subtribe:
Loropetalinae
Nomen number:

318613
Place of publication:

2:33. 1942
Verified:
07/21/1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Loropetalum chinense (R. Br.) Oliv. (2 active accession[s])
Loropetalum chinense (R. Br.) Oliv. var. chinense (2 active accession[s])
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Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Transcribed Chinesehong hua ji mu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
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  • Located at NA. Inventory sample: PI 572309.
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