General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 6-10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Clusters of small purple drupes.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Light purplish-pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer

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Common names
  • Beautyberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Callicarpa giraldii
  • Synonym: Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii

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Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-07-03
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Date: 2012-10-16
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2012-10-16

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