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Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma | Also known as: Beauty berry | Rating: votes | Print / Pdf
Like groups of shiny, purple jewels displayed neatly on arching branches, the berries of callicarpa dichotoma or purple beautyberry are a delightful sight in a garden, especially as they persist for a while after the foliage has fallen off. The leaves of this shrub are green, ovate and toothed, becoming yellowish in autumn. Purple beautyberry likes fertile soil with good drainage and accommodates sunny to partially shaded spots. This shrub is a showstopper in a wildlife garden where it will attract birds. It also looks fantastic in a border and is a superb ornamental under-planting option for the likes of woodland gardens.
Rate it:
- 1.2
- 1.2
- Pink
- No, neutral please
- Early summer
- Mid summer
- Late summer
- Green
- Green
- Green
- semi-ripe cuttings
- softwood cuttings
- seed
- Dense
- Upright
- Acidic
- Neutral
- Alkaline
- Z5-8
- H8-7
- -29 - -7
- 60 - 120
- well-drained
- sandy
- Clay
- chalky
- loams
- Full sun
- Partial shade
- Exposed
- Sheltered
- Trees & shrubs
- Shrubs
- Ornamental berries
- For Beginners
- Cottage garden
- Cut flowers
- Borders
- beginner
- up to 20 years