Beautyberry Bush
Leah Purdy Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Horticulturist presents American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana as the Plant of the MonthEngage with us or wa.
Beautyberry bush. It was only a few years ago that I discovered the American Beautyberry bush just since moving to northeastern Texas where it grows wild along the woods edge. American beautyberry Callicarpa Callicarpa americana perennial shrub wildlife food songbirds Created Date. First step is to find a Beautyberry bushs and harvest the berries.
Callicarpa americana is one of the showiest beautyberries because of its especially large magenta-purple berries that wrap tightly around the branch like beaded bracelets. Beautyberry can get big. How to Make Beautyberry Jelly.
Plant them in a natural woodland setting under tall shade trees or as an informal hedge along the perimeter of a property. The large plant is a great focal point in a bed. Elegant with its long arching branches often kissing the ground at their tips in a cascading or weeping effect Callicarpa dichotoma bears clusters of small pink to.
Place a lid on the jar shake well. One of the best ornamental fruiting shrubs Callicarpa dichotoma Purple Beautyberry is a small compact rounded deciduous shrub primarily grown for its eye-catching display of purple berries from late summer through winter. Uses include landscape plantings and wildlife food.
Beautyberry is far less well known outside of these regions but the American Beautyberry is hardy down to zone 7 and sometimes zone 6. It could find a place in many gardens even outside of its native range. 30 Seeds of Callicarpa Americana.
American beautyberry shrubs Callicarpa americana USDA zones 7 through 11 bloom in late summer and although the flowers arent much to look at the jewel-like purple or white berries are dazzlingThe fall foliage is an attractive yellow or chartreuse color. And cvs Zones 5-9 is a large genus of shrubs that includes hundreds of speciesThe flowers of beautyberry are often small and go unnoticed in summer and the foliage of most species is a medium green and not very distinctive. Prune shrubs to just 18 inches high in early spring if they start to look messy.