Beautyberry (Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion')
Round clusters of amethyst to purple berries remain on bare stems after willowlike leaves turn color and drop.
Beautyberry
Prepared by James Hodges, Extension Agent, Greenwood County, Clemson University. (New 2/10.)
HGIC 1086 ...
Beautyberry is not plagued by any significant disease or insect problems and will grow well in either full sun or light shade. Occasionally the plant has a faint pink or yellowish fall color.
"Profusian" Beautyberry has the most striking
neon violet berries that show best after leaf-fall,
leaving only the berries contrasting its grey branches,
as shown on this December (2002) branch.
Early Amethyst Beautyberry
These shrubs are grown for their showy, lilac- or violet-colored fruit, which lasts for 2 to 3 weeks in late fall. Best fruiting occurs when planted in groups.
kal-lee-KAR-pah Common Name: Beautyberry
The genus Callicarpa includes 140 species of shrubs and trees with dense flowerheads of many tiny flowers in white, pink, red, or purple in summer.
Beautyberry
Beautyberry is a deciduous shrub noted for its brightly colored, tightly clustered berries that remain on the bush into winter. Other common names are American beautyberry and American mulberry.
About This Plant ...
Beautyberry gifts gardeners and wildlife with bright magenta berries clustered like beaded bracelets along the stem. Amethyst amulets adorn the fall and winter garden.
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Beautyberry
kal-i-KAR-pa
About 140 species of evergreen or deciduous shrubs, occasionally a tree in its native habitat. Leaves opposite, dentate, often with stellate pubescence. Flowers small, white, red or purple, in axillary clusters (cymes).
The beautyberry's beautiful little lilac flowers appear in late spring and early summer. Click to download a large (800x600) version of this image.
Usage
Use beautyberry for massing or individually in woodland plantings.
American Beautyberry [English]: Callicarpa americana
American Beautyberry [English]: Callicarpa americana caroliniana
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Callicarpa americana (American Beautyberry, Family: Verbenaceae)
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Description:
Purple Beautyberry, the most cold-hardy (through zone 5) of the various species of Callicarpa, has ornamentally insignficant inflorescences in July and August, with the first purple fruits appearing in September.
Callicarpa cana is a species of beautyberry found in southeast Asia. The drupe-like berries are poisonous. The fruit is sometimes used as poison for fishing, while the roots are sometimes used to make herbal medicine drinks.
Form: A small tree or a large suckering shrub reaching up to 25 feet tall with opposite branches, a short trunk and a narrow, oblong crown.
Looks like: buttonbush - common sweetshrub - green ash - American beautyberry ...
 See also: Green, Japonica, May, American beautyberry, Pink
  
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