White American Beautyberry

There are varieties with purple or white berries. The stems are slender gray to reddish.

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White american beautyberry

Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about callicarpa species beauty berry white american beautyberry callicarpa americana var. The deciduous perennial comes alive in april with toothed green foliage. Callicarpa americana is native to the southeastern united states.

American beauty berry most often grows 3 5 ft. It s in the vervain family verbenaceae. Tall and usually just as wide it can reach 9 ft.

The fall foliage is an attractive yellow or chartreuse color. It can grow wild. Spring flowers on beautyberry.

The american beautyberry is an extraordinary shrub. The elliptical to ovate shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement with saw toothed margins. Growing five to eight feet tall and almost as wide with drooping branches.

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. Lactea supplied by member gardeners in the p. In height in favorable soil and moisture conditions.

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