re: Indian Hawthorn alternative?

About a year ago listening to a local gardening radio program, a co-owner of Cleggs Nursery and one of his employees, who were hosts of the program stated they liked Distyliums as a replacement shrub for Indian Hawthornes. There are different cultivars of Distyliums to choose from, here a good article on them LINK, but I don’t have any myself.

I replaced my dying Indian Hawthorns several years ago with Purple Diamond Loropedalums, which have done well, but I was seeking a shrub of different color and form, so I would not consider those a plug in replacement.