Callicarpa
Beauty berry, French mulberry
- Height × spread
- 2m – 3.5m × 2m – 4m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
Beauty by name, a large shrub with exquisite ornamental fruit for outstanding autumn and winter interest. Following small white flowers, many clusters of tiny bright purple berries appear in late summer, a feast for bees then birds. Foliage is attractive, large green leaves on graceful arching branches. Growing to a height/spread of up to 4m, it's best suited where there's space for it to spread.
- Flower colour
- Blue, Lilac, Pink, Purple, Red
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Purple, Violet
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 2m – 3.5m
- Spread
- 2m – 4m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Winter garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Damp and wet soil, Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Structural, Bee attraction, Bird attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - early · Planting
Prune hard to the base
Prune back to within 30cm to 45cm of the plant base so that the year's growth will begin from this low framework. If you want the plant to grow larger, this need only be done every few years.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
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