American Beautyberry
Scientific name: Callicarpa americana
Beautyberry is a deciduous (in North Florida) perennial known for its showy fruits, which are often purple but sometimes white. The fruits are edible but rather flavorless, and can be made into jams and jellies. The plant likes full to partial sun and moist soil with occasional flooding to soil that experiences somewhat long dry periods. It is a larval host for the spring azure butterfly and snowberry clearwing moth. The leaves contain insect-repelling chemicals.
Size: small pot
Scientific name: Callicarpa americana
Beautyberry is a deciduous (in North Florida) perennial known for its showy fruits, which are often purple but sometimes white. The fruits are edible but rather flavorless, and can be made into jams and jellies. The plant likes full to partial sun and moist soil with occasional flooding to soil that experiences somewhat long dry periods. It is a larval host for the spring azure butterfly and snowberry clearwing moth. The leaves contain insect-repelling chemicals.
Size: small pot
Scientific name: Callicarpa americana
Beautyberry is a deciduous (in North Florida) perennial known for its showy fruits, which are often purple but sometimes white. The fruits are edible but rather flavorless, and can be made into jams and jellies. The plant likes full to partial sun and moist soil with occasional flooding to soil that experiences somewhat long dry periods. It is a larval host for the spring azure butterfly and snowberry clearwing moth. The leaves contain insect-repelling chemicals.
Size: small pot