Purple Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst'
Verbenaceae
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Location
Newman Overlook, North Walk, Mullestein Winter Garden
Source of plant
Fairweather Gardens, Cornell Botanic Gardens
Description
Plants reach 3-4' in height producing long slender branches that arch and touch the ground at their tips; produces exceptionally heavy and showy crops of small lilac berries in fall.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
fruiting characteristics