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Purple Pearls Beautyberry - Callicarpa - 3 Gallon Pot

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Purple Pearls Beautyberry – Callicarpa – 3 Gallon Pot

Original price was: $84.97.Current price is: $59.48.

SKU: D2LSC 9885303805 Category: RARE PLANTS

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Purple Pearls Beautyberry

Callicarpa x ‘‘NCCX1’

Plant Details

USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 4-5′

Width at Maturity: 4-5′

Spacing: 4′ apart for solid hedge; 10’+ apart for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Arching, Mounding, Upright

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Pink

Flower Size: Tiny, in clusters

Flowering Period: Late Spring or Early Summer

Flower Type: Clusters of single flowers

Fragrant Flowers: No

Berries: Yes

Berry Color: Bright Purple

Foliage Color: Green tinged Purple

Fragrant Foliage: No

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Evening Sun

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay (Amended), Loam, Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.0 – 7.0 (Acid to Slightly Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Birds, Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Insect

Description

A season-long color factory, the Purple Pearls Beautyberry produces abundant clusters of pink flowers in spring that contrast nicely with the purple-tinged foliage. Clusters of brilliant bright purple, pearl-like berries follow the flowers in fall, also contrasting beautifully with the foliage which has intensified more in color. Birds relish the berries and the plant itself is great for housing and feeding birds. The berry-laden branches are excellent for cutting to add to fall floral displays. Purple Pearls Beautyberry is a new hybrid Callicarpa cultivar that is a cross between Callicarpa dichotoma and Callicarpa kwantungensis.

The USDA says beautyberry has insecticidal properties that repel mosquitoes, ants, ticks and other pesky critters. We’ve tried it with success. So you can plant this beauty of a shrub near outdoor living spaces to help keep the bugs away and also to make your own insect repellent!

How To Make Mosquito Repellent From The Leaves & Stems Of Beautyberry Plants

Did you know that the berries from Callicarpa (Beautyberry) can be used to make a tasty jelly and the leaves and stems to make an effective mosquito repellent?

How To make Jelly From The Berries Of Beautyberry Plants

Landscape & Garden Uses

More compact than other Callicarpa, Purple Pearls upright branches form an arching mound to about 4 to 5 feet tall and wide. Purple Pearls is ideal for use in the garden as a specimen, in groupings, or as a very colorful natural hedge. An absolute must for bird gardens and a fine addition to purple theme gardens, wildlife habitats, flowering shrub borders and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 4 feet apart for solid hedge; 10 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Beautyberry variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

Purple Pearls Beautyberry is exceptionally easy to grow and care for with no serious insect or disease problems. Deer and other critters don’t like it either. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution, thriving well even in inner city environments.

Choose a sunny to partially shaded site for planting. In warmer climates (Zones 7-8), some shade or filtered sun during the hottest part of summer afternoons is appreciated. Purple pearls is not particular as to soil type or pH. It prefers average to moist conditions however will tolerate periods of dry weather when established.

Maintenance is little to none. No pruning is required however some gardeners cut it back to the ground in late winter or early spring to control size. Because it blooms on new wood (the current seasons growth), a one-time late winter or early spring pruning doesn’t effect flowering or berry production.

Helpful Articles

Click on the link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, prune, fertilize and water Beautyberry bushes.

How To Plant & Care For Beautyberry

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This was one of my favorite plants at my former home, but this variety wasn’t available locally in my new area. The plant was larger than expected, and came with berries on it! I am very pleased with this Beautyberry!————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Searching for a Beautyberry plant and found Wilson Bros Gardens located in my best friend’s hometown. Called her for “character reference” and received raving reviews. Placed my order and they arrived within a week. The plants are of the highest quality I have ever purchased online. I have them planted and look forward to watching them grow. Five stars plus rating to ease of online ordering, fast deliver, excellent product and reasonable price. Thank you Wilson Bros, my second order in on the way! —————— WBG Rely: Hi Barbara, thanks so much for your review of the Purple Pearls Beautyberry plant and for your compliments! We are glad you found us and hope you enjoy these beautyberries for years to come!
Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens