Beautyberry
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Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Deciduous, 6 ft, prunable, dry to moist (well-drained) soils, sun to shade
Showy purple berries in fall enjoyed by birds. Weeping branches. Excellent shrub for planting under trees.
Edible berries
Beautyberry is a showy and colorful large shrub for dry shade to light sun. It has a fountain-like weeping habit most of the time and it loses it’s leave for a short time in our Florida winter. It’s showy berries are a food source for birds throughout the winter. Beautyberry berries are edible to humans when ripe and the leaves, when crushed have mosquito repelling qualities.
