OT - Shrub:Loropetalum

From: wmoores@watervalley.net

	My 'blush' loropetalum bush is in full bloom and is quite the 
traffic stopper with its reddish pink streamer-type petals.  Looking it 
up in THE NEW GARDEN ENCYCLOPEDIA (1940), a coveted 
heirloom passed down to me by my grandmother, I find only 
'chinese', a white is listed, and is said to be quite tender and can 
be grown outdoors only in the warmest parts of the country.  
Turning next to the intenet, I find a description and a picture of my 
loropetalum.  Reading on into the internet article, I find that it is 
also called 'Razzleberri'!  So, the shrub Kathy Poore mentioned in 
an earlier post is perhaps more commonly known as loropetalum.

	I stumbled across loropetalum about five years ago when I was 
picking up new shrubs at the Oktibbeha County Co-op to be 
planted at my present location.  I was attracted to the bloom and 
knew nothing of the plant, but have grown to love it as it has grown 
and prospered here.  It also has a flush of bloom in the fall but not 
as heavy as the spring.  It is planted on the north side of the house 
and may be hardier than expected.

	So, loropetalum and razzleberri are the same.  Whatever you 
choose to call it, it will razzle-dazzle you with its coloful blooms.

	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA
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