Description
Beautyberry 1-0 (Callicarpa americana)
Zone 6-10
Partial sun
Beautyberry most often grows 3-5 ft. tall and usually just as wide; it can reach 9 ft. in height in favorable soil and moisture conditions. It has long, arching branches and yellow-green fall foliage, but its most striking feature is the clusters of glossy, iridescent-purple fruit (sometimes white) which hug the branches at leaf axils in the fall and winter. The berries last well into the winter or dry season and are an important survival food for birds and other animals, though they will not eat them until other sources are depleted.
