Callicarpa americana
$57.00 / 3G
Native Beautyberry ·
Description
Native Beautyberry is a shrub suited to full sun to part sun and average conditions. It offers green color in summer. Useful for native and wildlife-focused plantings.
Benefits
Makes the landscape productive as well as ornamental. Keeps beds lively through the main outdoor season. Supports a more active, living garden with flowers that pollinators can use. Fits naturally into Mid-Atlantic planting palettes and habitat-minded gardens.
Features
Straight species; fruiting shrub; showy flowers mid-summer; berries / drupes fruit; matures about 3 - 6 ft tall
Usage/Use
Foundation planting, mixed border, screening, specimen planting
| Callicarpa americana | |
| Native Beautyberry | |
| No | |
| Best grown in full sun to part sun with average moisture. | |
| Full Sun to Part Sun; Average moisture; Well-drained, amended garden soil. Water regularly the first season, then adjust to plant preference. | |
| North America | |
| Native to our Region | |
| Yes | |
| High | |
| No |
| 5 - 9 | |
| Hardy in USDA Zones 5–9; protect roots during establishment. | |
| Full Sun | |
| Loam | |
| 6 - 7 | |
| 3 - 6 ft | |
| 3 - 6 ft | |
| Medium | |
| 3 - 6 ft |
| Yes | |
| Longtime | |
| Mid-Summer | |
| None | |
| Green | |
| Green foliage | |
| Birds from Fruit | |
| Woodland Edge of Savanna | |
| Edible Garden | |
| Berries | |
| Produces Berries | |
| Mounded | |
| Long Lived | |
| Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Average Water | |
| Well-drained | |
| Water deeply during establishment; after established, water based on rainfall and soil moisture. | |
| Medium | |
| Water regularly during establishment, mulch to conserve moisture, and cut back/prune at the proper seasonal time. |