Callicarpa americana

Native to the southeastern US has a lovely purple-fruited, 6-10' shrub known as "French Mulberry? although it isn?t a mulberry, nor French; an undemanding plant with pink flowers much of the summer and clusters of shining violet berries in fall. S-PSh/M

An attractive and easily grown shrub, American Beauty Berry develops lavender-pink berries in late summer that persist into the winter long after the leaves drop. As the berries start to develop in the summer they have much darker purple color before developing through pink and lavender in the fall and winter. Beauty Berry is by far one of the most colorful plants for fall and early winter and is a great addition to keep any garden's year-round interest. During the summer the leaves are a bright green color and fade to yellow by fall, we have found these to look splendid when grown next to plants with bright red fall leaves. Although the berries are not edible to humans, they provide an excellent winter food source for birds.

This native is excellent for naturalizing or when used in mass. Lavender-pink summer flowers give way to masses of violet berries in the fall. 4-5? in ten years. Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America

An outstanding deciduous native shrub with a loose, open form and outward pointing branches. A somewhat less refined look than the Japanese Beautyberries because of the larger 6-8" long leaves, but the large berries steal the show in the genus! Tiny pink spring flowers turn into magnificent, 1/4" berries, packed tightly together in clusters encircling the stem in striking metallic shades of violet and magenta in Autumn.