Best in full sun or part shade with occasional watering. While evergreen in southern California gardens we have found that all Loropetalum cultivars can go semi-deciduous here in colder years and it is cold hardy to about 15 degrees F. This is the darkest leafed cultivar of Loropetalum that we grew.

The white flowering natural form, Loropetalum chinense var. chinense, is noted as coming from the wilds of China, India and Japan but Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum was first described from material of garden origin and has been widely cultivated in southern China. For more information on cultivation and the species, see our listing of the white flowering Loropetalum chinense. We grew this cultivar first introduced by Hines Nursery from 1995 until closing the nursery in 2025 and had a large specimen of this cultivar planted in front of our sales office with a cultivar of Loropetalum 'Blush' growing nearby for comparison. This cultivar is very similar to the cultivar Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum 'Purple Majesty'. 

The information displayed on this page about Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum 'Hines Purple Leaf' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.