(Those junipers you have in there now are going to get much bigger, are way too close to the house wall.)

You can get Loropetalum in green or bronze also.

Problem-free Shrubs for Virginia Landscapes

This fact sheet was developed as a guide to shrubs that generally experience few problems in Virginia landscapes. Using these species for new plantings should help you avoid troublesome disease and insect problems in your landscape.

http://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/450/450-236/450-236.html

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Beware fast growers! Most loropetalums get to large for that space.

I see maybe one taller upright shrub closer to the entrance and then lower, more spreading things to fill the rest of the bed. Like maybe a 'Yuletide' or 'Leslie Ann' camellia for the upright spot.

Lower things:

Indian hawthorn,

Gardenia,

Some of the Encore or Bloom-a-thon Azaleas (with lots of water)

Boxwood hybrids (really, they are NOT slow growers!),

Eleagnus 'Giltedge' or 'Eleodor' (Will require shearing)

Distylium myricoides, 'Vintage Jade' or 'Blue Cascade'

Abelia (many, many cultivars)

Daphne odora (if you have good drainage)

Nandina (dwarf FirePower or other dwarfs)

Osmanthus x burkwoodii (keep sheared), O. heterophyllus variegatus or 'Goshiki', 'Rotundifolius' if you can find it (rare).

Pittosporum (if it's hardy for you)

Ternstroemia (look for dwarf varieties)

Ilex Meserve hybrids such as Blue Princess/Prince, Ilex Dwarf Burford, Ilex 'Carissa', Ilex crenata 'Hoogendorn', 'Helleri', 'Soft Touch'.

Viburnum tinus, Viburnum 'Moonlit Lace' if adaptable to your heat.

Viburnum x 'Conoy'

Or make a xeric bed with Agave ovatifolia or parryi, Delosperma, Sedums, Hesperaloe, etc, and fill with crushed rock or pebbles - very low maintenance.

Loropetalum Chinesis 'Ever Red' (shear formally)

Loropetalum Chinesis ''Purple Diamond' (shear formally)

I saw this beautiful variegated one at biltmore, I will be planting some next spring:

https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/loropetalum/jazz-hands-variegated-chinese-fringe-flower-loropetalum-chinense

This one looks better when left to it's natural form (size control can be implemented by coppicing).

I also like gardenia jasminoides 'august beauty' and crepe myrtle 'cherry dazzle'

Here are some of the 'Purple Diamond' that I got on clearance at walmart:

These have almost doubled in size.

I would never shear a Loropetalum. There are dwarfs that stay very low and petite. Purple Pixie is one. The greens grow much faster. That's an interesting list up there, worth checking out.

It depends on your garden/landscape style. Loropetalums take well to pruning, if you sheared them for a few years then decided you want the tree form/natural shrub form you can always perform rejuvenation pruning and start over easily. They are very resilient shrubs, and have many uses.

This is very "general" and doesn't provide a list of cultivars, etc. but see if you like any of these (that don't get too large for the space):

https://caldwellhg.blogspot.com/2016/09/10-amazing-shrubs-for-north-carolina.html

It's rare that I think that shearing is desirable. It is contrived, awkward and ugly in most situations that I see it. Loropetalum has a nice natural shape. Why would you alter that?

It's rare that I think that shearing is desirable. It is contrived, awkward and ugly in most situations

Yep! And it isn't just shearing of loropetalums where this is the case. This is because most situations do not have geometrically symmetric architecture calling for formal gardens with formal shearing.

In some formal landscapes and gardens, shearing can be very desirable. There are certain plants that I would never shear, like japanese azaleas, rhododendrons, gardenias, pieris, etc. Also, when I say shearing I do it different than most people. For the first year of shearing, I form the shape I like to keep. Then, I just snip off any out-of place growth as it appears, much like topiary pruning. I don't even own electric hedge shears.

I have one loropetalum that I shear and another I don't. They were both experimental when I planted them. Many cultivars are not hardy here. Turns out these two survived and I don't want to remove them. So I choose to shear to get it to not encroach on hollies. Not a perfect world we live in.