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Callicarpa japonica
Also called Japanese Beauty Berry, East Asian Beautyberry, Japanese Beautyberry
Callicarpa japonica is a deciduous shrub in the mint family, grown for its clusters of purple berries in autumn and its pink to white flowers. It is easy to grow in a sunny or lightly shaded spot with reasonably moist, well-drained soil.
Callicarpa japonica, commonly known as East Asian beautyberry or Japanese beautyberry, is a plant in the mint family.
It is a deciduous shrub, most notable for producing purple drupes (its "berries") in the fall. The flowers can range from pink through white. This species is native to China, Japan, Korea, the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan. It is considered to be a common species in Japan.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Callicarpa japonica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
