Hi, My aunt from Dallas Texas came to visit when I was looking for evergreen foundation plants. She says they are the current rage in Dallas for carefree, gorgeous shrubs. I've had the one she bought me for a year now, here in Central VA. It is indeed beautiful, not growing too fast, spectacular flowers. I wouldn't plant a back-up as you will know soon if you like the loropetalum. I think my aunt sent me a magazine article about them, which I will locate and send you a little more info. Good luck. I think you've done the right thing. Dirt_Girl

I received a question about the chindos through email. Thought I would share it, along with my reponse: Hi Just wanted to check in on how your chindos are doing. I sprayed very diligently at the beginning of summer but got busy and didn't do it regularly (although I have kept them well-watered; I'm in the first county south of Atlanta not under an absolute water ban this fall). They looked pretty good until fall and now I'm suddenly having a lot more of the strange leaf spot problem and I'm back to spraying them religiously. Did you ever get an answer from the extension service as to what is causing this? How are yours doing? I haven't been able to find anyone else but you with this problem!!! Any ideas? I really love them, but I'm getting more than a little concerned. Thanks. _______________________ I never got around to sending another sample over to the extension service. My chindos didn't do great over the summer. We didn't have as much problem with the spotting, but they didn't really thrive either. It is just in the last month that we started to see some new growth. The plants are about the same size as they were when I planted them in 2004. We didn't have to spray as often this summer. Maybe every 3-4 weeks. Maybe at least the spotting is getting under control. Sigh. Maybe we'll see some growth next spring. -Lori

Buck Jones in Woodstock says they have 15 gallon ones (probably more than $25 per plant, but they do offer a discount to master gardeners). At any rate you could call them for the price and inquire about their ability to order smaller ones. 770.345.5506 Here is a link that might be useful: their web site

Hello, I live in Durham, NC and I planted several chindo viburnum as a screen a couple of years ago and I love them. They are fast growing and nice looking shrubs and seem to be tough so far, heat, cold, and drought tolerant. I would like to plant some of these at my house on the North Carolina coast and I was wondering how salt tolerant they are? I've searched and searched and can't seem to find any good information on salt tolerance for them. I do know that they are native to the island of Chindo Korea which is an island off of the south coast of S. Korea, surrounded by the Yellow Sea so it would seem that they would be salt tolerant. Does anyone have actual experience with chindo viburnum in a coastal environment? Thanks, Dave