Callicarpa, the Beauty Berry, is looking at its best now. The brilliant violet berries stand out from the bare stems of this deciduous shrub. Though it can reach up to two metres high it can be pruned to a framework in spring to allow it to be container grown. The berries generally last through the winter as birds tend to go for other berries first - may be the colour is not so easily detected by birds. The foliage starts a bronze-purple in spring turning dark green in summer and then tinged violet in autumn.
The violet purple berries look amazing set above an underplanting of deep pink Miracle Cyclamen.
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