(Issai Purple Beautyberry, Purple Beautyberry)

The heavy-fruiting purple beautyberry ‘Isaai’ produces berries at an earlier age than others. It is vigorous, easy to grow and adds rich color to the landscape.

Asian in origin, Callicarpa dichotoma is a compact to medium-sized deciduous shrub with an elegant, arching habit. Its elliptical green leaves line the stem opposite one another. In summer, clusters of lavender flowers appear and the base of each leaf petiole like soldiers in a row. Bees and butterflies are highly attracted to...

(Purple Beautyberry, Variegated Purple Beautyberry)

The brightly colored purple beautyberry is one of the most desirable and interesting of berried shrubs. It is vigorous, easy to grow and adds rich color to the landscape. This native of Japan, China and Korea is a compact to medium-sized deciduous shrub with an elegant, arching habit. Its elliptical green leaves line the stem opposite one another. In summer, clusters of lavender purple flowers appear at the base of each leaf petiole like soldiers in a row. Bees and butterflies are highly attracted...

(Purple Beautyberry)

The brightly colored purple beautyberry is one of the most desirable and interesting of berried shrubs. It is vigorous, easy to grow and adds rich color to the landscape. This native of Japan, China and Korea is a compact to medium-sized deciduous shrub with an elegant, arching habit. Its elliptical green leaves line the stem opposite one another. In summer, clusters of lavender purple flowers appear at the base of each leaf petiole like soldiers in a row. Bees and butterflies are highly attracted...

(Beautyberry)

This is the naturally occurring white-berried form of beautyberry. Unlike the common purple-berried species, it boasts fall clusters of snowy white berries. White beautyberry is a desirable, interesting landscape shrub. It is vigorous, easy to grow and will add bright color to any garden space. A native of Japan, China and Korea, it is a medium-sized deciduous shrub with elegant, arching branches. Its elliptical green leaves line the stem opposite one another. In summer, clusters of pinkish white...

(Formosa Beautyberry)

Gardeners in warm temperate to subtropical areas can enjoy the deep lavender to pale purple berries in winter on the Formosa beautyberry. A deciduous shrub with an upright, rounded habit, multiple stem trunks are open with arching branches. This shrub is native to the mid-elevations of Japan's Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, southeastern China and northernmost Philippines.

Formosa beautyberry's green leaves are pointed ovals, sometimes oval lances. In mid to late summer, puffy clusters of small pink...

(Japanese Beautyberry)

This small to medium-sized, deciduous shrub is an arresting sight in fall and early winter when clusters of shimmering purple fruits adorn its branches. It is native to woodlands of Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and eastern China.

The light- to medium-green, oval to lance-shaped leaves of this hardy shrub are oppositely paired along slender, arching stems. The foliage turns dull yellow in fall, sometimes taking on purple tints. In late spring or early summer, tufted clusters of small, white to purplish,...

(Japanese Beautyberry)

True to its name, 'Heavy Berry' produces masses of vibrant violet berries that persist from late summer into early winter. It also features attractive foliage and a relatively compact habit. It is a cultivar of Callicarpa japonica, a small to medium-sized, hardy, deciduous shrub from woodlands of Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and eastern China.

The medium-green, puckered, oval leaves of 'Heavy Berry' are oppositely paired along slender, arching stems. The leaves have serrated edges and tapered...

(Japanese Beautyberry)

Callicarpa japonica 'Leucocarpa' is an arresting sight in fall and early winter when clusters of creamy white fruits adorn its branches. Its parent species is native to woodlands of Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and eastern China.

The light- to medium-green, oval to lance-shaped leaves of this small to medium-sized, hardy, deciduous shrub are oppositely paired along slender, arching stems. The foliage turns dull yellow in fall, sometimes taking on purple tints. In late spring or early summer,...

(Crimson Bottlebrush)

Named and grown for its fuzzy spikes of bright red flowers, crimson bottlebrush is a large, spreading, evergreen shrub or small tree native to eastern Australia. It has stiff, flat, narrow, lance-shaped, green leaves which are coppery colored when young and which emit a lemony aroma when crushed. The flowers appear in heaviest abundance in spring and summer, attracting hummingbirds. The fruits are cup-shaped, small and woody and release hundreds of tiny seeds. The bark is gray to grayish brown in...

Named and grown for its fuzzy spikes of bright red flowers, crimson bottlebrush is a large, spreading, evergreen shrub or small tree native to eastern Australia. It has stiff, flat, narrow, lance-shaped, green leaves which are coppery colored when young and which emit a lemony aroma when crushed. The flowers appear in heaviest abundance in spring and summer, attracting hummingbirds. The fruits are cup-shaped, small and woody and release hundreds of tiny seeds. The bark is gray to grayish brown in...