American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Grown for its show-stopping clusters of magenta berries that ring the stems in fall and feed songbirds. Berries make a folk jelly.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA