Re: OT: Lorapetalum

> Message text written by Kath in OKC  Mon, 26 Jun 2000 04:13:18 EDT
> 
> >Lorapetum with the common name "Razzleberry"...  It was not currently
> 
> Michael Dirr went on to explain that "Razzleberry has taken the south
> by storm since JIM WADDICK of KANSAS CITY brought back the collected
> variety from China over his recent visits"...   Believe he said Zone 7
> to 10...  Definitely a zone 7 plant...  It loves it here...  Neither
> drought nor flood seem to bother it...  <
> 
> 
> Normally when a plant is mentioned that I don't recognize, I'm not
> surprise.  I just figure it comes from a different zone but your and I
> live fairly close together.  I've never heard of Lorapetalum
> "Razzleberry" and I browsed the local plant stores/nurseries this
> spring.
> 
> What kind of plant is it and why does it have 'Iris ties'.  Anything
> that can survive Oklahoma's unpredicatable weather is worth having.  
> 
> Mickey
> Bethany, OK   Zone 6/7


	From the NEW Garden Encyclopedia published by
Wm. H. Wise and Company, New York, 1942:

	"Loropetalum (loh-roh-PET-ah-lum).  An attractive but tender 
evergreen from China, belonging to the witch-hazel family.  Only 
one species (L.chinense) is in cultivation.  A medium sized shrub, 
thriving best in a peaty and gritty soil, it can be grown outdoors 
only in the warmer parts of the country. In early spring it produces 
a mass of white flowers, with strap-shaped petals."

	This quote is from a book from my gardening grandmother's 
bookshelf.  This book is amazing thing and am I constantly using it 
as a reference as it is as timely as it was when first published in 
1942.  There are very few plant descriptions I have not found in it.

	It seems as if loropetalum has been in this country for some 
time in the white form and not known as 'razzleberri,' which comes 
from current internet articles and discussion.

	As I mentioned two weeks ago, the local Home Depot has this 
shrub in stock now, and it was also advertised locally by a nursery 
as "Laura Pendulum," quite a gross corruption, I would say.

	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA

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