28+ American Beautyberry Leaves

American beautyberry shrubs callicarpa americana usda zones 7 through 11 bloom in late summer and although the flowers aren t much to look at the jewel like purple or white berries are dazzling. The fall foliage is an attractive yellow or chartreuse color.

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American beautyberry leaves

Growing five to eight feet tall and almost as wide with drooping branches. The shrub produces a cluster of small purple berries that matures in late summer to early fall. Dense axillary clusters with lavender pink cymes on short stalks.

American beautyberry is a deciduous shrub that grows to 5 feet. 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. How i ask you how can you not immediately fall in love with a plant called american.

The underside of the leaves may be covered with wooly like hairs. Opposite deciduous ovate to broadly lanceolate 6 to 10 inches long margins coarsely serrate to crenate except. The elliptical to ovate shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement with saw toothed margins.

American beautyberry is a wonderful large understory shrub with a naturally loose and graceful arching form. The leaves are alternate with a toothed margin and hairy underside. American beautyberry is a fast growing native perennial shrub.

The american beautyberry is an extraordinary shrub. The deciduous perennial comes alive in april with toothed green foliage. In the fall and early winter the branches are laden with magenta purple sometimes white berry clusters that look spectacular as the leaves drop in autumn.

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