Callicarpa, Beauty Berry, Japanese Beautyberry 'Issai'

I own a nursery in Smithville, TN. I have sold these bushes in parts of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Everyone who buys one is very sati...Read Moresfied with the product they are getting. As for my own yard, I have three and the color of the foilage and berries is absolutely beautiful. Great plant to have!

Smaller than the American Beautyberries growing everywhere on my lot, this little plant adds interest to the garden, and so far seems to ...Read Morebe more manageable in smaller spaces (the American Beautyberries can get so huge they'll engulf neighboring plants). Berries look similar in color to the American Beautyberry, size of the bush so far is much smaller, and leaves on the "Issai" look different, so it is easy to tell them apart from the American Beautyberries. Easy to grow and not fussy, drought-tolerant.

Great plant! Love those berries. Here in my Z5a Ohio garden callicarpa sometimes suffers winter die back depending on the severity of th...Read Moree winter. I prune the dead branches to the ground and it grows to about full size the same season.

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai' KOREAN BEAUTYBERRY Dec (z5) (Cut,B&W,Bon)
New from Japan, this outstanding compact rounded 3-4'select...Read Moreion is especially striking when covered with a showy crop of lilac-violet fruits, even at a young age ('Issai'means "fruiting at a young age"). S-PSh/Med