Callicarpa Species, Beauty Berry, Purple Beautyberry
Callicarpadichotoma
Synonym
Callicarpa
gracilis
Callicarpa
purpurea
Porphyra
dichotoma
Callicarpa
dichotoma
Despite being an attractive shrub, we believe this plant is highly invasive and no longer sell or recommend it. The seeds are distributed...Read More
The berries are beautiful, but this plant has spread all over my large garden. I have found seedlings in the woodland areas, crowding ou...Read More
The native beautyberry sadly cannot be grown in Minnesota. This is an acceptable substitute, and it has survived a winter here well for a...Read More
Calicarpa dichotoma is a non-native (Korean by way of Japan) and potentially invasive shrub.
Avoid this plant and choose t...Read More
I found this plant a week ago while I was looking for my cats. The berries are a bright purple and I can't believe I only just noticed it...Read More
I have just spent the last two years managing a native plant nursery in Florida and learning a great deal about all sorts of species. Ac...Read More
Quoted from Edward F. Gilman's University of Florida Fact Sheet On Callicarpa dichotoma:
"Perhaps the most beautiful Beaut...Read More
the peaple who write of this plant in florida south of zone 8 are probobly talking about callicarpa americana(the american beautyberry)no...Read More
This bush grows wild all around here. It is also at a park nearby and that is where I get my seeds. After I finally became aware of it,...Read More
I thought this was a weed!!!!!!!!!! How funny! It's growing wild on our 5 acres in dappled shade in Magnolia, TX
First time I'd ever seen this plant. Spotted it on my morning walk past a neighbor's house that's been empty for about a year now. In li...Read More
This plant is native to my six acres in Northcentral Florida, zone 8b, and you can't walk anywhere on the property without seeing huge th...Read More
Thriving in a SW exposure that many other plants can not tolerate. Grows in an attractive shape that needs no pruning.
Purple Beautybush is grown (and known) mainly for its purple fruit that has an unusual iridescent sheen, sometimes described as "neon" or...Read More