General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 8b
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| Plant Height: |
2 to 4 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
3 to 5 feet |
| Leaves: |
Deciduous
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| Fruit: |
Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Purple-pink
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Color: |
Pink
White
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| Flower Time: |
Summer
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| Uses: |
Windbreak or Hedge
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Birds
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| Awards and Recognitions: |
Other: 1989 Gold Medal Winner, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 2002 Georgia Gold Medal Winner
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- Beautyberry
- Purple Beautyberry
- Dwarf Beautyberry
- Accepted: Callicarpa dichotoma
- Synonym: Callicarpa dichotoma f. albifructa
Posted by
Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 21, 2013 2:07 PM concerning plant:
I have some named varieties of Beautyberry growing in my garden, but one shrub managed to appear by itself. It has now grown big enough to flower and set those stunning berries. I think it is a bird-planted seedling, but really I can't tell any difference between it and the ones I bought at the nursery. Same stunning, vivid purple berries.
Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Mar 5, 2019 7:05 PM concerning plant:
Of the three very similar East Asian species used in landscaping in the eastern and southern midwestern US, this is the most cold hardy that can work up into zone 5, though it may be like a perennial some winters. It has the smallest leaves of 1 to 3 inches long which are hairless above and slightly hairy beneath. It is a little smaller, neater shrub than the other species, growing 3 to 4 feet to 6 feet high. Its fruits (drupes) are 1/8th to 1/6 inch in diameter. It is native to China & Japan.
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