Pearl glam beautyberry
Flowers: Flower Color: Pink Purple/Lavender Flower Inflorescence: Cyme Flower Bloom Time: Summer Flower Description: Clusers of small pink to lavender cymes form in the leaf axils in the summer.Fruit: Fruit Value To Gardener: Long-lasting Showy Display/Harvest Time: Fall Winter Fruit Length:
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Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Available Space To Plant: 3 feet-6 feet NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 5b, 5a, 6b, 6a, 7b, 7a, 8b, 8a.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Shrub Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Erect Rounded Maintenance: Low Texture: Medium.Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems): This plant is seldom damaged by deer. The purple berries have a high moisture content and are a food source for more than 40 species of birds. In the spring, the white flowers attract bees and other insects. Attributes: Genus: Callicarpa Species: dichotoma × kwangtungensis Family: Lamiaceae Life Cycle: Woody Wildlife Value: Callicarpa as a genus are a wonderful for wildlife.Tags: #wildlife plant #purple leaves #nectar plant #showy leaves #winter interest #fall interest #mass planting #showy fruits #hedges #food source wildlife #deer resistant #mci #children's garden #fruits fall #purple fruits #compact habit #bird friendly #winter garden #bee friendly #shrub borders #woodland garden #container plant Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for " Trees, Shrubs and Conifers" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. Some of the diseases that affect beautyberry include leaf spot and black mold. Insects, Diseases, and Other Problems: Relatively insect and disease free. Plant it along a shrub border or walkway, it makes an excellent hedge. Its colorful leaves and fruits make an interesting addition to a children's or woodland garden. The seeds are not fertile so no new plants will germinate in your yard.Ī fast-growing perennial, Pearl Glam ™ beautyberry is a lovely ornamental shrub in mass plantings, borders, and even container plantings with its display of summer flowers and fall berries. This shrub can be pruned back to 6 inches in early spring to promote compactness and encourage new wood, which supports greater blooming. Grow it in well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade however, it can become leggy in too much shade.
This compact plant grows to a mature height of 4 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide.
Pearl Glam ™ beautyberry lives up to its trade name, putting on a spectacular show in the fall with glamorous, bright violet pearls adorning dark purple foliage, an upright form, and an early, prolific fruiting display. Callicarpa comes from the Greek language, meaning “beautiful fruit.” It was developed at our own NCSU Mountain Crop Improvement Lab in conjunction with Spring Meadow Nursery. kwangtungensis, in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. Pearl Glam™ beautyberry is an advanced hybrid between Callicarpa dichotoma and C. Phonetic Spelling kal-ee-KAR-pah dy-KOH-toh-mah kwang-tung-EN-sis Description