Callicarpa americana (American Beauty-berry) buds and flowers in July.
Photo © Mary Free
Photo © Mary Free
Callicarpa americana (American Beauty-berry) buds and flowers in July.
Photo © Elaine Mills
Photo © Elaine Mills
Callicarpa americana (American Beauty-berry) immature fruit in September.
Photo © Elaine Mills
Photo © Elaine Mills
Callicarpa americana (American beauty-berry) fruit and leaves in September.
Photo © Mary Free
Photo © Mary Free
Four nutlets are encased within each drupe of Callicarpa americana (American beauty-berry).
Photo © Mary Free
Photo © Mary Free
A juvenile catbird eyes the fruit of Callicarpa americana (American beauty-berry) in September.
Photo © Alyssa Ford Morel
Photo © Alyssa Ford Morel
Few drupes remain on this Callicarpa americana (American Beauty-berry) stem in October.
Photo © Elaine Mills
Photo © Elaine Mills
Callicarpa americana (American beauty-berry) shrub at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens in October.
Photo © Elaine Mills
Photo © Elaine Mills
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Lavender flower clusters appear on new growth on this shrub from June to August, followed by clusters of fruit in show-stopping magenta in autumn. In the Mid-Atlantic Region, American Beauty-berry is reported to be native only in Virginia’s south and central Coastal Plain.
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