30+ American Beautyberry Missouri

Berries color in early october and remain until they are eaten by birds and small mammals in late november. Japonica chinese purple beautyberry c.

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American beautyberry missouri

American beautyberry sometimes called french mulberry callicarpa americana is a us native deciduous shrub that grows wild from maryland to florida and west through tennessee arkansas and texas. The elliptical to ovate shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement with saw toothed margins. Bodinieri are a little more cold tolerant and generally smaler than the american types.

It can grow wild. The relatively insignificant flowers develop into prolific bright violet to magenta berry like drupes which encircle the stem. Japanese beautyberry callicarpa japonica and chinese beautyberry c.

American beautyberry grows quickly to 5 tall or more and is winter hardy to zone 7. It is a long lived plant but during especially harsh winter it may die back to the ground. The underside of the leaves may be covered with wooly like hairs.

The stems are slender gray to reddish. Dichotoma and another chinese species c. Callicarpa americana is native to the southeastern united states where it can occasionally be spotted growing wild.

Callicarpa americana commonly called beautyberry is a loose open shrub valued for its spectacular fruits. Further south the plant can get to be quite large sometimes up to eight feet. Also called the american mulberry beautyberries are native american shrubs that grow wild in woodland areas in southeastern states.

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