Callicarpa Americana
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry) produces clusters of inconspicuous flowers of violet, pink, or white which are followed by large clusters of purple berries, which are attractive to wildlife which then distribute the seeds. It thrives in a moist clay or sand soil which has been enriched with organic matter and can be grown in full sun or in light shade. In cooler regions, the foliage will be killed back to the ground in most winters. This will not affect the flowering as the plant blooms on new growth. Propagate by cuttings or from seed.
Contributed by @melaloud
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
American Beautyberry
Latin name
Callicarpa Americana
type
Flowering shrubs or trees
family
Lamiaceae
ph
5.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
2.50 M
3.00 M
Callicarpa Americana
Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry) produces clusters of inconspicuous flowers of violet, pink, or white which are followed by large clusters of purple berries, which are attractive to wildlife which then distribute the seeds. It thrives in a moist clay or sand soil which has been enriched with organic matter and can be grown in full sun or in light shade. In cooler regions, the foliage will be killed back to the ground in most winters. This will not affect the flowering as the plant blooms on new growth. Propagate by cuttings or from seed.
Planting Outdoors
From Mid Autumn TO Late Autumn
Plant out container grown shrubs into a site that has has had plenty of well rotted compost dug in first.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn
Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.
Flowering
From Mid Summer TO Late Summer
Small pink flowers appear in mid Summer, followed by the berries
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