This time of year, people keep stopping me to ask, "What is that plant with the purple berries?" No one can believe the color the first time they notice a beautyberry (Callicarpa bodinieri), which is ...

American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) produces white or light pink flowers in the summer that make quite a statement in the garden, but this shrub gets its name from a gorgeous display of bright ...

It packs a year’s interest into the three months when the garden is usually in decline – between now and Christmas. It flowers in August but the real show starts in mid-September when clusters of ...

This is a plant that longs for a friendly vernacular name, as Callicarpa bodinieri 'giraldii' hardly rolls off the tongue. And if you were to see this dowdy shrub at any time other than autumn, you ...

OK, it’s nothing special for half of the year – but, oh, those marvellous berries What is it? Outside its peak season, the beautyberry (aka callicarpa) is an unremarkable – OK, boring – hardy ...

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