Callicarpa dichotoma | Purple Beautyberry | Early Amethyst | 10_Seeds Florida White

Callicarpa dichotoma | Purple Beautyberry | Early Amethyst | 10_Seeds Florida WhiteThese seeds were collected from Callicarpa dichotoma, also known as Beauty Berry, early amethyst, and Purple Beautyberry. This shrub likes to live in sun to partial shade where it can grow to about four feet high. The pink and white blossoms arrive in the middle of the summer where they attract a wide variety of birds, bees, and butterflies. The berries grow in clumps and are edible with a nice mild flavor. USDA Hardiness Zones 5 to 8.

plants become drought tolerant once mature

The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked

also known as Campbells Magnolia

This plant has edible green to greenish yellow fruit which is eaten raw and made into drinks

its botanical name nods to Adonis—a mythic symbol of beauty and love—adding poetic weight to its elegance

❄️ Fragrance & Blooming Times

This is Cornus florida urbiniana

USDA Hardiness Zone 11

From late Spring to the middle of Summer this plant has purple blossoms

though toddlers of the grove are more frost-sensitive

also known as curuba

The blossoms are blue to violet with white throats and they attract a wide array of bees and butterflies