Callicarpa Plump & Plentiful™ Lilac
A new color in beautyberry
Imagine luscious, plump purple fruits in your garden in September. Not only are these new beautyberries from Kolster B.V. lovely shrubs in the garden all summer with their large, grass green leaves and dark stems, the beautiful thing is they form purple fruits suitable for cutting and jaw-dropping floral arrangements each year. If you are not into cutting flowers and bringing them inside, they can decorate your mixed borders for months. Another new color in Callicarpa, Lilac’s lightly colored fruits are destined for flower arrangements all over the world! Soft in color, with plentiful berries along every branch, this versatile shrub delivers months of color on a drought tolerant carefree plant.
Cultural Details
TYPE
Shrub
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Full sun to partial shade
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Average garden soil
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Moist, but well-drained
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5-9 (in zone 5 and colder parts of zone 6, plants may die back to the ground)
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Spring
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White
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Fall to winter
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Lilac purple
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5-6' tall by 4' wide
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None known
What Makes Me Special?
Lilac colored fruits cover each branch of this easy care, drought tolerant shrub. Plant is in your mixed border or use it for beautiful early autumn arrangements.
Landscape Use
Borders, cutting gardens, mass plantings, specimen, woodland edge
Pruning
Callicarpa flower in spring and fruit in fall. If your plants needs pruning, be sure to do that in lat winter to ensure maximum fruit produciton.
Propagation
Cuttings
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