Re: Loropetalum 'Purple Pixie'

**"* B* <l*@msn.com>**

Hi, Suzanne!

I got both the Purple Pixie and its bigger cousin, Purple ? (can't recall the second part of that name!) at the GWA meeting about 2 years ago and planted them in my Ct zone 5/6 garden.  Neither made it, even when I used the nursery pot cover trick and extra shredded leaf mulch for their winter blankets.  I had high hopes 'cause the foliage is so superb.

I had given an extra one to my sister to plant on Long Island where she is zone 6/7 and that did fine, looks great.    Maybe if you had a micro climate somewhere south facing, chanted, cast a spell, etc.?

Lorraine 

Lorraine Ballato 
Brookfield CT 06804 

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Suzanne Pierot<s*@hvi.net> 
  To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum<g*@lists.ibiblio.org> 
  Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 8:23 AM
  Subject: Re: [GWL] Loropetalum 'Purple Pixie'

  I'd also like to try LORAPETUALUM in my Woodstock, NY garden (zone 5), but 
  the Amer. Hort. Soc A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants lists it as a plant 
  for Zones 8-9.  Is 'Purple Pixie' more cold hardy?
  Suzanne Pierot
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Nancy Szerlag" <szerlag@earthlink.net<s*@earthlink.net>>
  To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
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  Cc: "Nancy Szerlag" <szerlag@earthlink.net<s*@earthlink.net>>
  Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 9:34 PM
  Subject: Re: [GWL] Loropetalum 'Purple Pixie'

  > AFTER PLANTING THE LORAPETUALUM, STRETCH 20 POUND TEST FISHING LINE
  > AROUND THE ENTIRE BED AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 3 1/2  FEETIN HEIGHT AND 3
  > FEET OUT FROM THE SHRUBS.  WE USE REBAR AS STAKES. THEY TEND TO BLEND
  > IN NICELY.  THE DEER CAN'T SEE THE FISHING LINE AND IT SPOOKS THE
  > WHEN THEY HIT IT. WE HAVE USED IT WITH GREAT SUCCESS. ALSO PLANT
  > SKYYD - SPRAYED ON THE SHRUBS WILL PROTECT THEM OVER THE WINTER. IT
  > LASTS FOR SIX MONTHS IF THERE IS NO NEW GROWTH.
  >
  > NANCY SZERLAG - LIVING IN THE HEART OF DEER COUNTRY.
  > On Oct 5, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Catriona Tudor Erler wrote:
  >>  Dear Garden Writer Friends,
  >>     I was given a test sample of Lorapetalum 'Purple Pixie', and  I
  >> love
  >> it.  Now I'm looking for a good source because I need about 12 plants.
  >> Does anyone know where I can find them.  Googling is not bringing me
  >> much joy.
  >>     Many thanks.
  >>     Catriona
  >> P.S. I've noticed that the deer don't touch the Lorapetalum, but are
  >> eating my Hydrangea 'Limelight' to nibs.  I'm hoping if I surround the
  >> hydrangea's with the low-growing lorapetalum, the deer won't be
  >> able to
  >> reach the hydrangeas and I'll have both lovely plants in tact.  Has
  >> anyone tried this strategy?
  >>
  >>>
  >>>
  >
  > Nancy Szerlag
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